Fron-boeth Quarry Tunnel

Fron-boeth Quarry Tunnel

Date	26 June 2011
Location	Cwm Croesor	SH 64361 45047; 52.98553°N, 4.02195°W
Information	The tunnel, approximately 450 m long, connected Fron-boeth slate quarry with an incline on the other side of a ridge on the western slopes of Moelwyn Mawr. The incline, 300 m north east of the tunnel exit, carried slate wagons down into Cwm Croesor and onto the Croesor Tramway. The tunnel is blocked about 30 m in from this end, although there is evidence of work being carried out to clear the collapsed material.

Cobweb in the tunnel

Fron-boeth Quarry Tunnel

Tunnel entrance

Discarded wagon by the tunnel portal, looking towards Moel Hebog (right)

Discarded wagon by the tunnel portal, looking towards Cnicht

Discarded wagon by the tunnel portal

Looking down the incline into Cwm Croesor

Top of the incline, looking towards Moel Hebog (right)

Ruined drum house at the top of the incline, looking towards Cnicht