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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Port Dinorwic (or Dinorwig), seaport vil. with ry. sta., Llanfair-is-Gaer par., Carnarvonshire, on Menai Strait, 4½ miles NE. of Carnarvon by rail; P.O., T.O. The port serves for the embarkation of slates from the Llanberis slate quarries, which maintain a considerable shipping traffic here. The harbour affords safe anchorage for vessels of 200 tons burden.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seaport village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfair Is Gaer CP/AP Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place names: | DINORWIG | PORT DINORWIC | PORT DINORWIC OR DINORWIG |
| Place: | Dinorwic |
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