Porthgain quarry Wales outstanding scenery, see the disused quarry, old buildings and beautiful port скачать в хорошем качестве

Porthgain quarry Wales outstanding scenery, see the disused quarry, old buildings and beautiful port

The village of Porthgain has historical relics from its time as a prosperous industrial harbour in the early 1900s. At one time, the harbour exported slate from quarries a few miles south at Abereiddi, Trwynllwyd and Porthgain quarry works itself. Abereiddi and the quarries to the South were linked by a tramway, the Porthgain Railway. Water-powered mills at Porthgain sawed the quarried slate slabs before shipment. In later years the slate trade was abandoned, although Porthgain survived by turning to brickmaking, and later to crushed roadstone. Large brick hoppers dominate the harbour. These hoppers were used to store crushed dolerite before shipment and are now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Slate, from a local quarry, was handled through the harbour from 1850 to 1910. Bricks were made in the harbour area from 1889 to 1912 using waste from the slate operation. The crushed dolerite (1889–1931) was used as a road stone. In the 1980s Porthgain was designated as a conservation area and the industrial properties and land were purchased by local residents[3] and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.