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Cwm Bychan Aerial Ropeway Pylons

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Cwm Bychan Aerial Ropeway Pylons

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Cwm Bychan Aerial Ropeway Pylons

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Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Llyn Dinas – Beddgelert Bridge loop from Beddgelert

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2. Llyn Dinas – Beddgelert Village loop from Nantmor

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3. Glaslyn Bridge, Beddgelert – Beddgelert Village loop from Beddgelert

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Dominiek Van Dooren

June 11, 2024

Here you will find the remains of an old cable car, which took ore from the top of Cwm Bychan to a processing plant near Nantmor over a distance of about 1.4 km. Many parts of the cable car still remain and it is possible to "reconstruct" the machine in detail based on this. There is a terminal station at the top. This consists of an iron scaffolding supporting a horizontal wheel with a diameter of approximately 1.5 meters, around which the cable ran.

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Sebastian Kowalke

January 15, 2018

Up in the valley of Cwm Bychan you can find old pylones of an abandoned copper mine. During an early industrialization there is a lot of copper mines and slate quarries over snowdonia, but today they've all been closed down.

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Up in the valley of Cwm Bychan you can find old pylons of a disused copper mine. During early industrialization, many copper mines and shale mines were established throughout Snowdonia, but today all are closed.

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DULMI

July 11, 2023

Several pylons in the landscape.
These are the remains of the cable car built in 1927 to carry copper ore down from the top of Cwm Bychan. Historical accounts indicate that the system was not a complete success, as it is said that the buckets often hit the ground and spilled their cargo. The remains of cable car entrances, tailings dumps and other buildings bear witness to the area's industrial past. The area also includes internationally rare heathland, found only in the western coastal areas of Europe. It provides habitat for numerous butterflies and birds.

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Distance 502 m

Uphill 40 m

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Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Cwm Bychan Aerial Ropeway Pylons

1. Llyn Dinas – Beddgelert Bridge loop from Beddgelert

2. Llyn Dinas – Beddgelert Village loop from Nantmor

3. Glaslyn Bridge, Beddgelert – Beddgelert Village loop from Beddgelert

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