Porthmadog

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Porthmadog grew as a slate port on land reclaimed from the estuary by the Cob embankment. Two narrow-gauge lines still run from the town — the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways, heading up to the quarries and on towards Caernarfon — and the Purple Moose brewery is down by the harbour.

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Photo of Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways, a visitor attraction near Porthmadog, Gwynedd, north Wales.

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