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Tal-y-llyn Lake in Autumn. Tal-y-llyn Lake is situated to the north of Machynlleth, [8] at the foot of Cadair Idris, in the Snowdonia mountain range of Gwynedd, Wales.The River Dysynni flows from the lake, through the village of Abergynolwyn, and discharges into the sea north of Tywyn.
The Railpower GG20B Green Goat is a low-emissions diesel hybrid switcher locomotive built by Railpower Technologies Corp. It is powered by a single Caterpillar C9 six cylinder inline engine developing 300 horsepower (224 kW), which is also connected to a large battery bank where both sources combine for a total power output of 2,000 horsepower (1,490 kW).
CAT was founded by businessman-turned-environmentalist Gerard Morgan-Grenville, and opened in 1973 in the disused Llwyngwern slate quarry near Machynlleth (once served by the narrow-gauge Corris Railway), where it occupies a seven-acre (28,000 m 2) site. [1] [2] The organisation was originally known as the "National Centre for Alternative ...
The stable building that still remains at the end of Brickfield Street The tramroad to Machynlleth Town station passed under the Cambrian Railways in the bricked-up arch on the right. Machynlleth Town was a station on the Corris Railway in Wales. It was the original passenger and goods station for the town of Machynlleth. It was opened around ...
Between 1797 and 1812 a road was built from Machynlleth to Garreg near Glandyfi, passing through Derwenlas.This new transportation route enabled Derwenlas to develop as a port as it was the highest point on the Dyfi that was navigable by coastal ships - boats of up to 70 tons could reach there at high tide.
A steeply-graded branch line crossed the river and led to the Era quarry, where slate could be taken from for transport to Machynlleth for transshipment. [6] The station was opened in 1884, [7] and closed at the end of passenger services in December 1930. [8]: 7 The station was structurally and cosmetically restored in the early 1980s. [9]
The Mach Loop (also known as the Machynlleth Loop, Welsh: Dolen Mach) is a series of valleys in the United Kingdom in west-central Wales, notable for their use as low-level training areas for fast aircraft.
The first known record of the name 'Forest Gate' comes from the West Ham parish registers of the late 17th century [2] and describes a gate placed across the modern Woodford Road to prevent cattle straying from the open Wanstead Flats area of Epping Forest onto the main Roman road (Romford road) linking Camulodunum to Londinium.