Port Penrhyn
Hand crane, Port Penrhyn
| Date | 30 October 2011 | ||
| Location | Port Penrhyn, Bangor | SH 59335 72873; 53.23419°N, 4.10898°W | |
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The importance to the slate industry of Abercegin dates back to around 1700, when boats would be loaded on the beach at low tide with produce from Penrhyn Quarry. The site was developed from 1780, becoming Port Penrhyn. Transport to the port improved in 1801 with the construction of the Penrhyn Railway. This started life as a horse tramway and was replaced around 1878 by a narrow-gauge railway on a different route and was in service until 1962. At its peak in the 19th century, the port would have regularly accommodated up to a hundred vessels. Much of the port is now home to Dickies boat yard, which recently moved from its now demolished premises in Hirael Bay, Bangor.
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Hand crane, Port Penrhyn
Ruined bath house and jetty on the Penrhyn Estate, looking from the port towards Moel Wnion (middle top) and Llanfairfechan (lower left)
Just think of all that slate! 100 vessels a day…mind boggling. Your first photo of the cog teeth….wonderful.
Iain Robinson
November 4, 2011 at 8:40 am
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November 16, 2011 at 6:21 pm
[...] of Bethesda. He developed the transport infrastructure to distribute the slate products, building Port Penrhyn and establishing a rail link from Penrhyn Quarry to the [...]
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March 5, 2012 at 7:38 pm
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March 20, 2012 at 6:33 pm
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Hendurnpike Signal Box « GeoTopoi
March 21, 2012 at 7:40 pm
[...] a private residence, this former incline winding house stands on Marchogion hill close to Port Penrhyn. The incline formed part of Benjamin Wyatt‘s 1798 horse tramway from the port to a flint mill [...]
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March 22, 2012 at 7:31 pm
[...] Port Penrhyn [...]
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March 27, 2012 at 6:47 pm