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SH5738 : Penrhyndeudraeth: Traeth Mawr

near to Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Great Britain

Penrhyndeudraeth: Traeth Mawr

Seen from the embankment known as the Cob and looking towards mountains in the Snowdon range – Cnicht to the left and Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach to the right. The Cob was a project instigated by William Madocks – later MP for Boston, Lincolnshire – aimed at reclaiming land in the estuary of the Glaslyn. It was completed in 1811. Sluices at its northern end scoured a channel sufficient for sailing vessels to berth there and this harbour developed into Porthmadog. From 1836 the Ffestiniog Railway ran horse-drawn trains loaded with slates for shipment at the new harbour

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1993

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Grid Square: SH5738, 384 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Martin Bodman (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Fourth Visitor for SH5738)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: September 1993 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 23 October, 2005
Category: Estuary (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SH 579 383 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:55.3955N 4:6.9106W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SH 577 381