Fron-boeth Quarry
Cornish boiler next to the ruins of the mill. The inscription on the front reads 'JAs. CARMICHAEL, & Co.'
| Date | 7 May 2011 | ||
| Location | Moelwyn Mawr | SH 64592 44648; 52.98200°N, 4.01836°W | |
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Fron-boeth is one of the Croesor group of slate quarries and is located on the lower slopes of Moelwyn Mawr on the other side of a ridge from Cwm Croesor. A processing mill was built here when quarrying moved down from the Pant Mawr quarry higher up on Moelwyn Mawr. A Cornish boiler can still be seen next to the ruins of this mill. (A Cornish boiler was a long horizonal cylinder with a single large internal flue for the furnace running along its length.) Fron-boeth was served by a tunnel running approximately NW for about 450 m. This joined a level section of tramway on the other side of the ridge, which then met an incline down into Cwm Croesor to join the Croesor Tramway. That incline also served Pant Mawr Quarry. There are two quarried chambers in the tunnel, and it is blocked by a collapse close to the Cwm Croesor end.
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Fron-boeth Quarry with incline (on the left), looking towards Moelwyn Mawr. The mill is on the spoil heap on the upper right.
View down the quarry incline
Ruins next to the mill
Cornish boiler furnace door
Cornish boiler
Cornish boiler
Tunnel entrance
Tunnel
Tunnel, with entrance off in the distance
That’s quite a large and expensive thing to have left behind when the place closed!!!
andy
May 7, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Super post. Fascinating facts and very evocative photos. This one’s on our list if we ever get any free time!
Iain
May 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm
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