Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire: Volume 2 - The Penrhyn Quarry Railways.

The British Narrow Gauge Railway - No.5. "The second of a three volume work in a series to cover a part of North Wales where lay some of the earliest railways in the Principality, if not in the world. They were certainly the first built to carry slate, that intractable roofing material which is most economically carried by water. Herein lies the competition between the great 19th century quarry/landowners who used the railways to achieve the most efficient transport between quarry and sea, a critical factor in not only their own survival but for whole communities both on land and water". Pp.xii/164, 98 black & white photo plates + drawings and maps, maps to endpapers, owner's initials to front free endpaper. Grey cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.