Nantlle Railway

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The Nantlle Railway was a historic narrow-gauge line in North Wales built primarily to carry slate from the Nantlle Valley quarries to the coast for export.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial railway
narrow-gauge railway
slate railway
connectedTo Caernarfon harbour NERFINISHED
constructionMaterialCarried roofing slate
country Wales
gauge narrow gauge
heritage part of the historic slate industry of North Wales
historicalSignificance one of the early narrow-gauge slate railways in Wales
languageRegion Welsh-speaking area
locatedIn Gwynedd NERFINISHED
Nantlle Valley NERFINISHED
North Wales NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
mainCargo slate
opened 1828
primaryPurpose transport slate from Nantlle Valley quarries to the coast for export
propulsion horse-drawn
regionServed Nantlle Valley slate quarries NERFINISHED
servedIndustry slate quarrying
servedPort Caernarfon NERFINISHED
status disused
terminus Caernarfon NERFINISHED
Nantlle NERFINISHED
transportMode freight
usedRollingStock slate wagons
usedTraction horses

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