Trefor Granite Quarry or Yr Eifl Quarry
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quarry, interesting place
The Trefor granite quarry (also known as the Yr Eifl quarry) opened in 1850. In 1855 the quarry applied to build a jetty on the coast to ship granite products. The pier was not built, but the application was renewed in 1867, the pier being built by 1870 and a railway was constructed connecting the quarry with the pier. There had been horse-worked internal quarry tramways as early as 1865.
Qranite from here is used to make curling stone. Ailsa Craig in Scotland is another sourse
In 1873 steam locomotives were introduced to work in the quarry and along the ½ mile long section from the foot of the quarry incline to the pier. One incline was particularly steep with one section at a gradient of 1 in 1¾, said to be the steepest incline in any granite quarry in Britain.
A short branch line served the village of Trevor at the foot of the incline. This branch was lifted before 1920. From 1951 onwards the railway was gradually replaced by road transport. The main incline was abandoned in 1959 and the railway finally closed in 1962.
Qranite from here is used to make curling stone. Ailsa Craig in Scotland is another sourse
In 1873 steam locomotives were introduced to work in the quarry and along the ½ mile long section from the foot of the quarry incline to the pier. One incline was particularly steep with one section at a gradient of 1 in 1¾, said to be the steepest incline in any granite quarry in Britain.
A short branch line served the village of Trevor at the foot of the incline. This branch was lifted before 1920. From 1951 onwards the railway was gradually replaced by road transport. The main incline was abandoned in 1959 and the railway finally closed in 1962.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°59'9"N 4°26'27"W
- Abermenai Point 18 km
- Dinorwig slate quarries (disused) 27 km
- Denbigh Moors 49 km
- Aberdyfi 55 km
- The Great Orme / Y Gogarth 55 km
- Borth Bog / Cors Fochno 59 km
- Llangollen 84 km
- Port Sunlight 105 km
- Antony Gormley's Another Place 108 km
- Tuebrook and Stoneycroft 111 km
- Yr Eifl 1.2 km
- Nefyn & District Golf Club 10 km
- Llyn Cwm Dulyn 14 km
- RAF Llandwrog - Caernarfon airfield 15 km
- Llyn Nantlle Uchaf 17 km
- Y Fron 17 km
- Cae Mawr Farm 19 km
- Cae Hen Farm 19 km
- Menai Strait 24 km
- Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri (Snowdonia National Park) 38 km