Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith Esq Or the Pursuits of An En
Reminiscences of the Late Thomas Assheton Smith Esq Or the Pursuits of An En
John E John Eardley Eardley Wilmot
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A branch of the Carnarvon and Bangor railway connects this port with the Chester, and Holyhead, and London and North-western lines, by which means slates are conveyed^ in large quantities to the manufacturing and midland districts of England. " The genius that could invent and organise the vast improvements recorded in the above narrative must have been of no mean order ; while we admire the spirit and enterprise that thus furnished con- stant employment all the year round to so many thousands.... The tourist is permitted to ride up the inclines, and thus to visit the quarries. This is an adventure requiring no little nerve, for although every precaution is taken to prevent danger, and such is the strength of the machinery, that an ac- cident has scarcely been ever known to occur ; yet the stoutest heart may well throb, as the traveller, G 4 88 REMINISCENCES, ETC. CHAP. M. in making the ascent, looks down from midway up into the dark watery gulf of Llanberris, many hun- dred feet beneath him.
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