PHOTO FFESTINIOG RAILWAY ABOVE DDAULT RAILWAY STATION WHEN THE FFESTINIOG RAILW

Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO FFESTINIOG RAILWAY ABOVE DDAULT RAILWAY STATION WHEN THE FFESTINIOG RAILWAY FIRST PROPOSED TO REOPEN THE OLD SLATE CARRYING NARROW GAUGE LINE THROUGH TO BLAENAU FFESTINIOG IT FACED WHAT MUST HAVE SEEMED AN INSUPERABLE OBSTACLE: PART OF THE OLD FORMATION HAD BEEN FLOODED BY A RESERVOIR THAT FORMED PART OF THE TANYGRISIAU PUMP STORAGE POWER RAILWAY STATION SCHEME. TO OVERCOME THIS FUNDED PARTLY BY COMPENSATION FROM THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY GENERATING BOARD AWARDED AFTER A PROLONGED LEGAL BATTLE A DEVIATION WAS CONSTRUCTED LARGELY USING VOLUNTARY LABOUR IN THE 1970S. FROM DDAULT RAILWAY STATION THIS NECESSITATED A SPIRAL ARRANGEMENT TO GAIN HEIGHT - UNIQUE TO ANY RAILWAY IN BRITAIN. HERE A TRAIN TO BLAENAU FFESTINIOG COMMENCES THE SPIRAL CLIMB. COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) S MCKAY PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO SKV-SMV-1700 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SEE SCAN ABOVE WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) S McKAY obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY

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