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A vision of Britain through time
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Portmadoc, small seaport town with ry. sta., Ynys-cynhaiarn par., Carnarvonshire, on Tremadoc Bay, 11 miles E. of Pwllheli; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks; is a place of comparatively recent growth, and has become a harbour of considerable importance, capable of accommodating vessels of 300 tons burden. The quays are spacious, and an active trade is carried on. Copper is exported in large quantities from the neighbouring mines, but the principal export is slate from the Festiniog quarries, for which this is the port.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "small seaport town with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Ynyscynhaearn CP/AP Caernarvonshire AncC |
| Place: | Portmadoc |
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