Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Croeswr Tramway Bridge over Y Cyt
Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, designated on 26 September 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 26 September 2005
- Locality
- Porthmadog
- Town
- Porthmadog
- Community
- Porthmadog
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.92919, -4.12829
- Cadw reference
- 85373
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 119 Snowdon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Immediately NW of Snowdon Mill
History
The 4-mile Croeswr Tramway, with a narrow gauge of 1 feet 11½ inches (0.6m), was opened in 1864. It brought slate to Porthmadog Harbour. The bridge crossed Y Cyt (The Cut), one of the principal drainage channels on the reclaimed Traeth Mawr, and is shown on the 1871 Tremadog estate survey and 1888 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A single-span flat-deck tramway bridge of coursed dressed Gest stone abutments, and segmental arch with freestone voussoirs. There is no parapet.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special industrial archaeological interest as a rare surviving structure associated with carriage of slate to Porthmadog harbour.
Nearby in the register
- Snowdon Mill and Ty'r FelinIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Road bridge over Y Cyt beyond NE end of Chapel StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Former church hallNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Capel Salem, including attached Sunday School, forecourt gates and railings and hall to rearReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.