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[Pic 24] Cwmorthin Quarry - Floor 7 (1988)

From Floor 7 this view looks down the lower half of the 8-6 Main Incline and also shows the (possible) tramway overbridge site on this level. Note the 6-1 Main Inclines Drumhouse (last seen in Pic 11) with the re-vamped 1980s Cross Mill down below in the valley bottom. Across the valley is the Wrysgan workings.

[Pic 25] Cwmorthin Quarry - 'Beau Geste Fort' (1988)

During the 1920s Oakeley period a substantial Powder House was built on Level 7 (Close to the 6-1 Inclines Drumhouse) for the untopping work then being carried out. This is more often called the 'Beau Geste Fort' for obvious reasons. Both this rare building - and the Main Incline - were wiped away during the 1990s untopping work.

[Pic 26] Cwmorthin Quarry - Tai Muriau Incline II (1988)

Looking down (from the summit) the Tai Muriau Incline with a good view of the tramway route to the Tan Y Grisiau incline away in the distance. Note the rock cutting needed at the top end and compare with Pic's 12 & 13 from 1985.