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Cwm Gwyrfai

Manylion a Disgrifiad y Llyfr | Book Details & Description

  • Authors: Gwynfor Pierce Jones & Alun John Richards
  • Publication Date: September 2004
  • Format: Paperback, 180 x 125 mm, 368 pages

Cwm Gwyrfai: The Quarries of the North Wales Narrow Gauge and the Welsh Highland Railways

A well-researched volume presenting information about 60 slate quarries in Lower Gwyrfai, Rhyd-ddu, Beddgelert and Moel Tryfan, Caernarfonshire, which operated along the route of the North Wales Narrow Gauge railway, including short notes about the development of various railway lines. 30 black-and-white illustrations and 7 maps.

Cyfrol yn dangos ôl ymchwil trylwyr yn cyflwyno gwybodaeth am 60 o chwareli llechi Is-Gwyrfai, Rhyd-ddu, Beddgelert a Meol Tryfan, sir Gaernarfon, a weithredai ar hyd llwybr rheilffordd fach Gogledd Cymru, yn cynnwys nodiadau byrion am ddatblygiad rhai o'r llinellau rheilffordd. 30 llun du-a-gwyn a 7 map.

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