Bethesda, Town c.1955
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B77016
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This Snowdonian village on the Holyhead Road (A5) lies at the mouth of the pass of Nant Ffrancon, beneath the famous Penrhyn slate quarries, once the largest in the world and still producing slate today. It developed as a slate mining town for the thousands of workers once employed at Penrhyn, but it took its name from the large chapel in the middle of town. Here we are looking across the town towards the mountain, Y Garn, and the Penrhyn quarries. St Ann's Church, built in 1865, is on the right. The Penrhyn quarries are 1,140 ft deep.
An extract from North Wales Photographic Memories.
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