Cwmorthin Slate Quarry SH681459
Documents, Maps, Surveys and Trip Reports for Cwmorthin Slate Quarry
- Trip Report: Trip around Cwmorthin and Oakley Miles (pdf)
- Description: General Description SimplyExploring (pdf)
- Description: Cwm Orthin route description Legacy_User (pdf)
- Other Document: Works Weekend 24 and 25 Nov 2007 Miles (pdf)
- Survey Map: 3D SURVEY Miles (pdf)
Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Miles
 View from far side of the lake
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 The Lake Level Portal
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 Chamber
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 North Vein Incline
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 Broken Bridge
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 E-G Incline Winder Gear
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 False Floor Level
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 Old Vein Incline
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 E-G Incline Winder
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 Stairs on North Vein
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 North Vein Incline
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 Crashed Wagons on North Vein Incline
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 Lake Level Portal in Rain
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 Looking down to Level E
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 Wagons on Floor E
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 Chamber Dam
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 Bridge Supports
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 Chamber Catwalk
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 Flooded Incline
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 Wagon in the wet
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 Crane parts on Wagon
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 Switchgear and Pipes
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 Guestbook
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 Climbing up a Man Way
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 Incline Winder
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 Water tank on Incline
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 Bottom of Back Vein Incline
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 Climbing up a Man Way
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 Stairway in the Old Vein workings
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 Climbing up the Old Vein Incline
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 Waterfall found near top of Old Vein Incline
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 Old Vein Incline
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 Stairway in Old Vein
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 Stairway in Old Vein
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 Stairway in the Old Vein workings
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 Tools in the Old Vein
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 Iron Sleeper
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 Big Chamber in the Old Vein
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 Crushed Wagon
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 Smoke Flue Level
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 Lake Level Adit
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 Lake Level
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 Level 2 (Smoke Flue)
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 Lake Level in Fog
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 Drumhouse and Tips
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 Llyn Cwmorthin
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 Boathouse
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 Back of Dam
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 Retaining Wall
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 Abseiling Chamber 3 East Back Vein
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 Wall 4 East, Back Vein
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 Ships Mast?
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 Lake Level Back Vein
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 Chamber 6E Back Vein
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 6E Roofing Shaft
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 Lake Level Back Vein
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 Lake Level Back Vein
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 A Mystery!
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 Sample of Level
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 Failed Retaining Wall
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 Bits and Bobs
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 Stripey Vein Trial Chamber
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 Cwmorthin Level 4 Old Vein
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 Massive Ladder
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 Powder Keg
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 Shovel
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 Powder Horn and Kettle
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 Old kettle or Tea Pot
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 Giant Crystals
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 Lantern
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 Lantern
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 The Grotto
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 Heavy Timbers
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 Nice bit of slate
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 Tool Shelf
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 Big Ladder (another view)
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 Victorian Lantern
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 Bottle
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 Ornate Bucket
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 Jwmpr and Hammer
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 Jwmpr and Hammer
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 Iron Hammer
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 Hobnail Boot Prints
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 Crosscut Junction
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 Climbing a chamber
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 Blue metal flask
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 Smoking Pipe
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 Lake Level Back Vein
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 Present highest point of Back Vein Incline
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 Highest Point on Upper BVI
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 Waterfall Ladder
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 Stairs in 1W Back Vein
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 3E Floor B Back Vein Bridge
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 Ye Olde Clay Pipe
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by SimplyExploring
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by vanoord
 Squeezing past a water tank
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 Exploring level E
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 Tools left on a shelf in Oakley level G
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 Climbing a Manway
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 Climbing a Manway
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Head of BVI
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Chamber 2
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 Trucks on E
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 Manway off the Back Vein Incline
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 Steps off the BVI
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 Steps
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 Bridge
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 Broken bridge
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 Broken bridge
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 Trucks on E
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 Winch chamber
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 Headshunt
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 Bottom of the BVI
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 Back Vein Incline
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 BV Chamber
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 Trucks on E
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 Crashed truck
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 Rust shells
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 Waste tip by night
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 Looking down towards Floor 1
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 Floor 1 chamber
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 Floor 3 - Back vein
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 Floor 3 tunnel
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 Floor 3 tunnel
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 Water leat
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 Simply Exploding?
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Manicminer
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Going Under
 Cwmorthin Terrace
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 Cwmorthin Terrace
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 Cwmorthin Terrace with reflection
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 The drainage and gate being attended to
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Allan
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 View across the Llyn towords lake level.
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 Looking across Llyn Cwmorthin
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by corin
 Lost world Stalactites
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 Fractals ?
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 A possible entrance to higher levels
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 Pretty slate spears
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 Icicles at lake level
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 A little snow in Cwm
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 Hut from a different viewpoint!
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 Aaron emarging from a foray in a fissure
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 Fissure in a context
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 Another try at power
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 Talc from the far side.....
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by owdsnuffy
 slate wagens, cwmorthin
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 wagens waiting!!
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 rotting bridge timbers
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 just passable!
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 chamber 1W off back vien incline
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by agricola
 The fabled BODOD
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 Dolly at Cwm
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 Happy party going underground
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 Bridge to far far away
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by siabodman
 Cwmorthin View
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 Cwmorthin from the air
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 Looking back across lake - December 2006
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by martymarty
 Some new steps
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 brakeman
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 Miles's HID Torch
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 A bit of srt
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 Wet patch
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 The BODOD
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 How did they get there ?
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 Swmbo at the entrance to the slaughter house
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 links
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 waterfall and bridge cwmorthin carpark
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 Dads first Cwm trip
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 Marty's Dads first Cwm trip
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 Marty's Dads first Cwm trip
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 Marty's Dads first Cwm trip
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 Marty's Dads first Cwm trip
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by edus1
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Alan Clogwyn
 A Very Wet Lake level Adit
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 The Barracks Block
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by llion
 Ffestiniog rain moves anything
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 Ffestiniog rain moves anything
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 Keeping warm
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 Corin heads off down a manway
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 a brand new unlit candle, about an inch missing off the bottom
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by AndyC
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by towim
 Riggin
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 Getting Ready
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 Impressive we got that up there!
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by chrisatmineexplorer
 Looking down OVI
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 Mega light pic
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 Smoke Flue Gate
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Simon H
 Main Incline (1980)
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by mwynwr
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by brakeman
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Speedycaver
 Ch 9 East, Floor B, Back Vein
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 Hemp rope on Fl. B.
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 Floor B passage from Ch. 9 Back Vein
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 Ch. 9 East, Fl. B. Back vein
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 Ch 9 East, Floor B, Back Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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 Cwmorthin Old Vein - NEW GROUND
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by thorpey
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by suboffender
 Caban at the head of the Incline
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 Looking away from Compressor chamber on floor DE
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by -ditzy-
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Earth Worm Jim
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by andrew
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by itsmerob
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by llay101
 Bridge Warning Notice
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by zomjon1
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Legacy_User
 Cwmorthin Powder House (C 1980)
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 Cwmorthin - Level 6 Winding Drum
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 Dressing Machine Blade
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 Lake Level Adit
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 Cwmorthin View
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 Capel-y-Gorlan (Rhosydd Chapel)
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 Ty Bach
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 Main Incline
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Daggers666
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by Petemonkhouse
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Photographs of Cwmorthin Slate Quarry uploaded by dwarrowdelf
 View of chamber 2 west, on floor C, one of the largest chambers in the back vein.
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 Manway - chamber 1 west back vein
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 Looking down Back Vein Incline(BVI) from lake level
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 Looking towards incline winder in chamber 1 west, E floor.
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 View from behind E-G incline winder
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 Detail of E- G incline winder and surroudings
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 View of Lefel Ffrench
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 Floor E, east of BVI
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 teapot
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 The dams: - View towards Oakeley from Cwmorthin
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 crane part in chamber east of BVI floor E
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 Slab trolley on floor E
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 Level C in Cwmorthin old vein
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 Crane parts loaded onto wagons. Bottom of BVI
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 Chamber 1 west back vein
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 The famous waste wagons.
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 Looking over floor C bridge toward BVI
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 Artifacts at base of BVI
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 Floor E between base of BVI and chamber 1 west
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 View of Lefel Ffrench dewatering tunnel between Cwmorthin and Oakeley
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 Tunnel on lake level
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 Another view of tunnel on Lake Level
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 Looking across lake to Cwmorthin tips
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 Climbing the BVI
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 colourful deposits near roofing shaft down into Oakeley. Floor E, back Vein
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 Slate slabs, floor E back vein.
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 Chamber 1 west incline winder.
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 Approach to lake level adit.
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 Waterfall below Cwmorthin
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 Artifacts in lake level chamber.
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 The smoke flue
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 The many uses of slate: -
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 Various artifacts
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 A study in Slate: - Cwmorthin
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 Lights in the dark: - lake level
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 View of chamber west 1 manway
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 Vicinity of BVI
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