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Counter-Balance Incline, Floor 1 to Floor 0, Diffwys Slate Quarry

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NPRN421269
Map ReferenceSH74NW
Grid ReferenceSH7081046250
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyMerioneth
CommunityFfestiniog
Type Of SiteCOUNTER BALANCE INCLINE
Period19th Century
Description
A 30m long incline, linking Floors 1 and 0 at the quarry with a drum-house located on Floor 1. This was an early incline out of use by the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1889.

The stone built incline plane and base for the drum-house survives.

Louise Barker, RCAHMW, October 2015