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Rhosydd Slate Quarry, Level 2 to Level 3 Incline

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NPRN408857
Map ReferenceSH64NE
Grid ReferenceSH6663945706
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityFfestiniog
Type Of SiteINCLINED PLANE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The line of the former tramway from Level 2 turns sharply westwards to the head of this incline, which falls 15 metres on a gradient of 1 in 2.8 to the mill on Level 3 (NPRN 408858). The walls which once supported the rope drum still stand.
W J Crompton, RCAHMW, 22 April 2009.