A selection of recommended books
All of the following books have been invaluable in providing information
to both the notes contained on this site and to history and working of many qaurries i have visited over the years.
'A Gazeteer of the Welsh Slate Industry' / Alun John Richards / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Mid Wales' / Douglas B Hague / Association for Industrial Archaeology
'A Return to Corris' / Corris Railway Society / Avon-Anglia Publications
& Services
'Arriving at Dinas Mawddwy' / Julian Hunt / Meirion Publications
'Branch Lines Around Porthmadog (1926-46)' / Vic Mitchell & Kieth Smith /
Middleton Press
'Branch Lines Around Porthmadog (1954-94)' / Vic Mitchell & Kieth Smith /
Middleton Press
'Candles to Caplamps - The story of Gloddfa Ganol' / J.G.Isherwood /
Gloddfa Ganol
'Chwarelwyr Cyntaf Ffestiniog' / M.J.T.Lewis & M.C.Williams / Snowdonia National Park Study Centre
'Corris - A Narrow Gauge Portrait' / John Scott Morgan / Irwell Press
'Cwmorthin Slate Quarry' / Graham Isherwood / Adit Publications
'Delving in Dinorwig' / Douglas C. Carrington / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'Ffestiniog in Colour - Ffestinog Mewn Lliw' / Peter Johnson & Michael Whitehouse / Ian Allen Publishing
'Ffestiniog in the Fifties' / Vic Mitchell & Allan Garraway / Middleton Press
'Ffestiniog Railway - A View from the Past' / Peter Johnson / Ian Allen Publishing
'Gwydir Slate Qaurries - Chwareli Gwydir' / M.C.Williams & M.J.T.Lewis /
Snowdonia National Park Study Centre
'Llechi Slate' / M.J.T.Lewis / Gwynedd Archive Services
'Llechwedd Slate Caverns' / Ivor Wynne Jones / Llechwedd Slate Caverns
'Llechwedd and other Ffestiniog Railways' / Ivor Wynne Jones & Gordon Hatherill / Llechwedd Slate Caverns
'Narrow Gauge Railways in Mid Wales (1850-1970)' / J.I.C.Boyd / Oakwood press
'Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire: Vol I - West ' / J.I.C.Boyd / Oakwood press
'Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire: Vol II - The Penrhyn Quarry Railways' / J.I.C.Boyd / Oakwood press
'Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire: Vol III - The Dinorwic Quarry & Railways (Etc.)'
/ J.I.C.Boyd / Oakwood press
'Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire: Vol I' / J.I.C.Boyd /
Oakwood press
'Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire: Vol II - The Welsh Highland Railway' / J.I.C.Boyd / Oakwood press
'Narrow Gauge Steam out of Portmadoc' / N.F.Gurley / D.Bradford Barton Ltd.
'On the Welsh Narrow Gauge' / J.I.C.Boyd / D.Bradford Barton Ltd.
'Past and Present: The Ffestiniog Railway' / John Stretton / Past & Present Publishing
'Past and Present: The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways' / John Stretton / Past & Present Publishing
'Past and Present: The Talyllyn Railway' / David J. Mitchell & Terry Eyres / Past & Present Publishing
'Past and Present: The Welsh Highland Railway - Vol I' / John Stretton / Past & Present Publishing
'Past and Present: The Welsh Highland Railway - Vol II' / John Stretton / Past & Present Publishing
'Pioneers of Ffestiniog Slate' / M.J.T.Lewis & M.C.Williams / Snowdonia National Park Study Centre
'Porthmadog' / Myfanwy Morris / Gwynedd Archive Services
'Porthmadog to Blaenau' / Vic Mitchell & Kieth Smith / Middleton Press
'Portrait of the Ffestiniog' / Peter Johnson / Ian Allen Publishing
'Railway Adventure' / L.T.C.Rolt / David & Charles
'Rhosydd Slate Quarry' / M.J.T.Lewis & J.H.Denton / Adit Publications
'Slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog' / J.G.Isherwood / AB Publishing
'Slate Quarrying at Corris' / Alun John Richards / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'Slate Quarrying in Wales' / Alun John Richards / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'Slates From Abergynolwyn' / Alan Holmes / Gwynedd Archive Services
'Slates to Velinheli' / D.C.Carrington & T.F.Rushworth / Maid Marion Locomotive Fund
'Slates to Velinheli (Reprint of 2nd Ed.)' / D.C.Carrington & T.F.Rushworth / Bala Lake Railway Society
'The Ffestiniog Railway: Vol I - History & Route' / J.I.C.Boyd /
Oakwood press
'The Ffestiniog Railway: Vol II - Locomotives & Rolling Stock' / J.I.C.Boyd
/ Oakwood press
'The Little Wonder - 150 Years of the Ffestiniog Railway' / John Winton /
Michael Joseph Ltd.
'The Glyn Valley Tramway' / W.J.Milner / Oxford Publishing
'The Slate Industry' / Merfyn Williams / Shire Publications
'The Slate Quarries of North Wales in 1873' / M.J.T.Lewis (Ed.) /
Snowdonia National Park Study Centre
'The Slate Quarries of Pembrokeshire' / Alun John Richards / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'The Slate Railways of Wales' / Alun John Richards / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales' / Alun John Richards / Gwasg Carreg Gwalch
'The Talyllyn Railway' / David Potter / David & Charles
'The Talyllyn Railway' / J.I.C.Boyd / Wild Swan
'The Welsh Narrow Gauge in Colour' / Peter Johnson / Ian Allen Publishing
'The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway' / Ralph Cartwright & R.T.Russell / David & Charles
'Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways from Old Picture Postcards' / Andrew Neale /
Plateway Press
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