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XS3265/194/1-20

Colour negatives, photographs by Henry Williams, Abergele. 20 photographs taken from the centre of Cwm Cowlyd around the edge of the higher ground into Cwm Eigiau:

Item TitleDescriptionArchive Date
XS3265/194/1 Capel Ardda (M.C.) ynghanol Ffridd Cowlyd [SH765653]. Tynnwyd y llun yn edrych tua’r Gogledd-orllewin - sylwer ar yr eira ar Foel Grach/Foel Frâs. Dwy garreg fedd yn unig a welir trwy’r ...  more  
XS3265/194/2 The mechanism of the floodgates etc. at Penstock, looking [SE763668]. The concrete holding/collecting tanks can just be seen on the right of the photo. The pipe line leaving the Penstock lies at the...  more  
XS3265/194/3 Looking S.W. up the Low Level Surge Pipe (old Penstock pipe) from the Cowlyd railway. The Penstock mechanism can just be seen at the top of the pipeline. 4 April 1980.   
XS3265/194/4 The old (now unused) weir across Afon Porthllwyd with the entrance into the Penstock leat in deep shadow. Note the mechanism of the old flood gate that lowered the water level in the river, when main...  more  
XS3265/194/5 Photo taken from the platform of the gantry at Mable Arch, looking down on the A.C.L.Works. The three rails of the incline railway can hardly be seen in the deep shadow to the right of the concrete a...  more  
XS3265/194/6 The gable end of the Dolgarrog Incline Winding House, facing down the incline. [SH764671.]. Note the sections of track that have been lifted on the level at the top of the incline to prevent an acci...  more  
XS3265/194/7 Having turned through an angle of approx 150 on the spot where Photo No.6 was taken, the 4 rails of the level at the top of the incline can be seen merging into 3 rails at the start of the incline. T...  more  
XS3265/194/8 Cowlyd Railway Engine Shed [SH764671], showing the turntable, the main line to Cowlyd can be seen on the left of the photo. The Cowlyd Pipeline is just visible on the right of the photo. 4 April 198...  more  
XS3265/194/9 The bridge carrying the railway sidings over the old Penstock overflow culvert at SH762672. Behind the camera is the modern Afon Ddu to Coedty Reservoir leat (which accounts for the culvert being bon...  more  
XS3265/194/10 A building of uncertain past usage (property of CEGB) adjacent the Afon Ddu to Coedty Reservoir leat at SH761671. Moel Eilio is behind the building and on the right of the photo in the distant is Cra...  more  
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