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Rigging in Croesor and rubbish

I have been emailed by the chap who's installed all the metal work in Croesor, nice to put a name to the work. Well done Paul Fessi! He says: For the record we called the zip wire in Croesor Rhosydd mine 'Bethan's Zip' after my daughter, a good old welsh name. With a steel tandem pulley its a flyer ! ! ! For the history books the Zip wire and suspension bridge was installed in Jan of 2005 and the other rigging was installed to make things a little safer the other zip wire across free handing bridge was installed 12 years ago and because i visit the mine regularly remains in good nick. The intention of the suspension bridge was to create a little bit of tension by deliberately making touch the water and rigged quite loosely. For the history books we called it Fessi's Indiana Bridge. My close friend and I wanted to give the fantastic adventure a few more surprises without taking away the challenging aspect of the trip. Just one thing I would like to add, I normally like tokeep silent about my adventures but the exit from the mine where you cross the main pond and pull up into the chamber where the tight squeeze is located gets a lots of rubbish left. I cleaned the place up once. Just appealing to all to respect this place and take their rubbish home. Miles's comment: I suspect the rubish build up is because there is supposed to be a shrine at that point. It's probably best not to leave rubbish there as he says and keep it all original

posted by Miles on 13/10/2006

 

Croesor Slate Quarry

 
Historical Photographs of Croesor Slate Quarry
Croesor - Croesor - Croesor - Croesor - Croesor - Explosives stored at Croesor quarry after the war.  Croesor - Head of Incline Chamber 9 East Croesor - Wooden Bridge Croesor - The Iron Bridge Croesor - C1 West Flashlit Croesor - Bridge on B floor over C1 west Croesor - Floor C - Explosives Boxes Croesor - Chamber C1 West Croesor - Head of Incline from Main Adit Croesor - Head of Incline Croesor - Descending the Incline Croesor - View Down Working Incline Croesor - Head of Incline Croesor - Croesor -
 
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Croesor - Big flooded chamber Croesor - Awful Bridge Croesor - Rotten Bridge Croesor - Suspension Bridge Croesor - Sliding down a zip line Croesor - Boat Croesor - Doorway Croesor - Building Remains Croesor - Drumhouse on Exit Incline Croesor - Top of Airshaft No.1 Croesor - Panoramic Photo of Croesor Mill Croesor - Airshaft No.1 Croesor - Big Chamber Croesor - Office / Compressor room Croesor - First Static Line Croesor - Start of the official Croesor - C-Down to A Incline Floodlight Croesor - Flooded Chamber Croesor - The Portal Croesor - Old Light Fitting Croesor - Way In Croesor - Croesor and Parc Wagon Croesor - Incline and Winch wreckage Croesor - Main Junction Croesor - Incline Up Croesor - Office Croesor - Drumhouse Croesor - Quarry in Winter
 
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Photos uploaded by Simon Lowe
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Photos uploaded by Alan Lucraft
Croesor - Croesor Slate Mine -View from Rhosydd Tramway
 
Photos uploaded by Adam
Croesor - Bellows at Croesor
 
Photos uploaded by AndyC
Croesor - Croesor - llyn Croesor Croesor -  Croesor - dam on Llyn Croesor Croesor -  Croesor - dam Croesor -  Croesor - tramway Croesor -  Croesor - structure outside adit entrance Croesor -  Croesor - interesting remains Croesor -  Croesor - adit entrance Croesor -  Croesor - mill Croesor -  Croesor - Mill site Croesor -  Croesor - mill area Croesor -  Croesor - Russian visit Croesor -  Croesor - drum house Croesor -  Croesor - drum house Croesor -  Crosor - mill site Croesor -  Croesor - looking down on mill