Rhosydd Quarry (quarry), at the head of Cwmorthin glacial valley, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd. Rhosydd quarry is a disused slate quarry northeast of Porthmadog, Wales.
<p>Small-scale working of the site began in the 1830s, but was hampered by the remote location, and the lack of a transport system to carry the slates to markets. The Rhosydd Slate Company was formed in 1853, and became a limited company in 1856. Transport was made more difficult by the attitude of the Cwmorthin quarry, through whose land the most obvious route to the Ffestiniog Railway ran. A solution was found in 1864, with the opening of the Croesor Tramway, to which the quarry was connected by one of the longest single-pitch cable-hauled inclines in Wales. Huge amounts of money were spent on development work, and the company, unable to make adequate returns, went into voluntary liquidation in 1873.
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The quarry was auctioned in 1874, and the New Rhosydd Slate Quarry Company Ltd. was formed. More on Wikipedia.
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