Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....10.

A look down the valley.
  

Looking down on the ruins of the winding drum house.

  

Coming up to some old mine buildings.

  

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....9.

Old workshop ruins.

  

River making it's way to the valley below.

  

Water running everywhere from the melting snow.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....8.

Part of the pipeline which carried the hydro power down the valley to power the machinery.

The water came from the dam which will come into view shortly.

   

Two inclines.

  

Looking up at the ruins of a drum house.

  

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....6.

Looking down the incline.

  

Curve in the track.

  

Looking down on the waste levels.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....5.

A look down the valley. 

Dry stone wall.

  

Old wooden beams.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....4.

View across the valley looking over the open cast quarry.

  

Tunnel through the incline.

  

Coming up the side of the incline.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....3.

Upper section of the incline.

  

An open cast section.

  

The track ahead, with snow and dampness about, the slate is very slippery today.

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.....2.

The main incline. Slate wagons traveled up and down the inclines. 

The weather is starting to takes it's toll. Built 100's of decades ago.

 

Local sheep, not used to seeing many people in the area.

 

Cwm Penmachno to Rhiw-bach quarry.

Starting a new walk today.

View from the lay by. 

Some ruins.

  

The way ahead.

 

Archive shot...waterfall.

These falls are hidden away at Cwm Penmachno. The orange colour in the water is from peat in the soil. HDR edit.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 15.

Today our climb up and down the mountain is complete, tomorrow we visit a ruined abbey.

Remains of an old quarry building.

A slate dry stone wall.

Back on level ground.

Trees manage to grow and survive almost anywhere.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 14.

Part of a slate wagon axle assembly. 

Incline, side view.

Local sheep.

Moss and slate.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 12.

Happy Easter holiday and big thanks to all who take the trouble to stop by and look at my pic's, much appreciated. 

Two buildings at the entrance to one of the quarry's. I think the architecture may have been based on the old fashioned cash registers LOL

Looking down the incline. They are very steep on this side of the valley.

Piles of waste slate.

 Trees at the side of the incline.

What remains of a winding drum building.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 11.

When I coma across a skull it is usually from a sheep, this one is different and I don't have a clue as to what animal it came from. Anyone know the answer?

  

 Looking at the discarded slate across the valley.

Standing on the edge of one of the levels.

Served it's purpose.

The sun catching a crevice in the quarry.

Cwm Penmachno......Spring 2012. 10.

An abundance of Quartz in the Snowdonia National Park. Gold is also to be found where there is Quartz, so I am told, not discovered any as yet.

Slate wagon and abandoned building.

Upturned slate wagon. Valuable scrap metal, too heavy to carry. LOL

Hopefully will green up by the summer, doesn't look too healthy.