Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
85376
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/09/2005
Date of Amendment
26/09/2005
Name of Property
Former Tremadoc Tramway bridge over drainage ditch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Porthmadog
Town
Porthmadog
Locality
Tremadog
Easting
256169
Northing
339625
Street Side
Location
To the N of Pensyflog Farm, on a footpath between Tremadog and Porthmadog, approximately 0.5km S of Tremadog Market Square.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
A simple bridge built over a drainage ditch for the Tremadoc Tramway of c1845, which carried iron ore from nearby Llidiart Ysbytty to Porthmadog harbour. From the late 1850s it was incorporated into the slate-carrying Gorseddau horse-drawn tramway, which became locomotive powered in the 1870s and operated until the 1890s. It is now a footpath.
Exterior
Effectively a short culvert, the entrances of which have round arches with freestone voussoirs, but mainly concealed by vegetation.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as one of the few surviving structures in Porthmadog associated with the former mineral railways supplying the port.
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