| Ddisgrifiad / Description | Photographs of trains and railway lines used by the Dolgarrog aluminium works Photographs of boats barges and ships used to deliver and export goods. Also includes some original papers relating to the Dolgarrog works siding, typescript notes made for a talk given by Ifor Roberts on the Dolgarrog works siding, diagrams of the various Dolgarrog railway lines and Dolgarrog Railway Society newsletters.
Many photographs are duplicated several times in varying quality from originals. A good guide to the envelope is written on several A4 pages titled Dolgarrog Works Siding.
Three black and white negatives. One of the road crossing over the Conwy valley line at Dolgarrog station. One of Dolgarrog station platform. One of a train [presumably near Dolgarrog with Llanduno on its destination board. [1970s]
One stray [post 1990?] that might have been given to a visitor to the aluminium works.
Rail Keywords.
Dolgarrog Station.Dolgarrog exchange siding. Dolgarrog Bridge. Dolgarrog works siding. Dam disaster siding. Coal yard and village stores siding. Dolgarrog tramway to Porthllwyd Wharf.
0-6-0 Manning Wardle - Dolgarrog (many photos). )-6-0 Hunslett - Uxbridge. Traction engine and trailer hauling a small enginetruck. Other Engines without clear labels. Passnger coaches run from the Aluminium works to the LNWR connection at Dolgarrog station (quite derelict in photographs). Locomotive and rolling stock fitters ' The Black Gang'.
Conwy River Transport Keywords.
Porthllwyd Wharf and tramway. Conwy harbour, floating Warehouse Anna Olga (an old Russian whaler), Ynys Quay Conwy, Steamship Gory, Steamship Pioneer (clear reproduction photo), Steam tug SS May, Barges. These are mentioned in notes and may well be in some of the photos but the quality of the reproductions make some harder to identify. Dolgarrog Aluminium works canal construction 1913- 1914 (one photo of construction and appears in many susequent pictures)
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