![]() Gorseddau tramway bridge | |
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Porthmadog |
Locale | Wales |
Dates of operation | 1857–1872 |
Successor | Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Other | |
Part of | The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales |
Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv |
Reference | 1633-004 |
Inscription | 2021 (44th Session) |
The Gorseddau Tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway built in Wales in 1856 to link the slate quarries around Gorseddau with the wharves at Porthmadog. It was an early forerunner of the Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railway and subsequently the Welsh Highland Railway.