Aerial Ropeways of North Wales

The following north Wales mines, quarries and other works had aerial ropeways of one form or another associated with them:

Benallt lead mine	Caernarfonshire	SH536535	Bick, David, The Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia (3rd ed.) Ashbourne, 2003, p. 60
Bwlch-gwyn lead mine	Caernarfonshire	SJ266534	Hawkins, Alan, Welsh Mines Society Newsletter, No. 53 p. 26
Cae Coch pyrites mine	Caernarfonshire	SH777658	Bennett & Vernon, Mines of the Gwydyr Forest part 7, pp. 34–5
Caer Nant granite quarry	Caernarfonshire	SH353453	Boyd, J.I.C., Narrow Guage Railways in North Caernarvonshire Vol. 1 – West, p. 254
Clogau gold mine	Merionethshire	SH676201	Challis, P, Welsh Mines Society Newsletter, No. 54 p. 15
Clogwyn William slate quarry	Caernarfonshire	SH736596	Richards, Alun J, Gazeteer of Slate Quarrying in Wales (2nd ed.) Llygad Gwalch, 2007, p. 93
Cooke’s Explosives Works	Merionethshire	SH618388	Cooke's Explosives Limited (BFI film)
Clogwyn y Gwin slate quarry	Caernarfonshire	SH576530	Richards, Alun J, Gazeteer of Slate Quarrying in Wales (2nd ed.) Llygad Gwalch, 2007, p. 123
Cwmbychan copper mine	Caernarfonshire	SH60404754	Bick, David, The Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia (3rd ed.) Ashbourne, 2003, pp. 69–71
Cwm Orog lead mine	Montgomeryshire	SJ047273	Wren, Wilfred J., The Tanat Valley: Its Railways and Industrial Archaeology Augustus M. Kelly, 1968, p. 137
Diphwys manganese mine	Merionethshire	SH669238	Linton, Dave, Merioneth Manganese: Diphwys
Egryn manganese mine	Merionethshire	SH620205	Linton, Dave, Merioneth Manganese: Egryn
Fron Haul Quarry	Denbighshire	SJ142636	RCAHMW NPRN: 500416
Gwaith Powdwr	see Cooke’s Explosives Works above
Garreg Fawr iron mine	Caernarfonshire	SH544578	Wilkinson, J.S., ‘Iron Ore Mining in Caernarfonshire’, British Mining No. 78 Memoirs 2005, Northern Mine Research Society, 2005, pp. 108–9.
Hafod silica sand mine	Denbighshire	SJ258513	Ellis, Bryn, ‘Quarrying and Limeburning’, Minera Lead Mines and Quarries, Bennet, J (Ed.), Welsh Mines Preservation Trust/Wrexham Maelor Borough Council, 1995, p. 30, Welsh Mines Society Newsletter No. 89 Autumn 2023.
Klondyke Mill	Caernarfonshire	SH766621	Hawkins, Alan, Welsh Mines Society Newsletter, No. 57, p. 33
Llangynhafal roadstone quarry	Denbeighshire	SJ142636	Hawkins, Alan, Welsh Mines Society Newsletter No. 53 p. 25
Llwyngwern quarry	Merionethshire	SH757045	Richards, Alun J, Slate Quarrying at Corris, 1994 p.125
Llyn Glaslyn copper mine	Caernarfonshire	SH616547	Bick, David, The Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia (3rd ed.) Ashbourne, 2003, p. 111
Mochdre shale quarry	Caernarfonshire	SH820782	Gwyn, David, Gwynedd: Inheriting a Revolution, Chichester, 2006, p. 76
Moel Ispri gold mine	Merionethshire	SH70672015	Morrison, T.A., Goldmining in Western Merioneth, p. 58
Rhinog manganese mine	Merionethshire	SH654267	Linton, Dave, Merioneth Manganese: Rhinog
Rhiw manganese mine	Caernarfonshire	SH221281	C G Down, The Manganese Mines of North Wales, British Mining No. 14, Northern Mine Research Society, 1980, ISBN 0901450170
Rhos slate quarry	Caernarfonshire	SH729564	Gwyn, David, Gwynedd: Inheriting a Revolution, Chichester, 2006, p. 55
Rhos Clogwyn	see Clogwyn y Gwin above
Tan-y-Graig granite quarry	Caernarfonshire	SH391465	Gwynedd Archives XD2A/449
Trecastle lead mine	Caernarfonshire	SH760745	Bennett & Vernon, Mines of the Gwydyr Forest part 7, pp. 94–5
Ystrad iron mine	Caernarfonshire	SH542575	Wilkinson, J.S., ‘Iron Ore Mining in Caernarfonshire’, British Mining No. 78 Memoirs 2005, Northern Mines Research Society, 2005, pp. 99, 100

For the purposes of this list, a ‘ropeway’ is considered to be a point-to-point overhead transport system operating over a significant distance (as in Tom Scott’s video of a working ropeway in north-west England). Consequently this list does not include chain (rope) inclines or Blondins used within quarries.

This list should not be considered exhaustive. Submissions of new information, corrections or technical queries should be made to Dave Linton, dave.linton@hendrecoed.org.uk, telephone 01341 280901