LPG Boiler in Y Felinheli

Y Felinheli

Y Felinheli, previously recognized in English as Port Dinorwic, is a town, community as well as electoral ward next to the Menai Strait between Bangor and Caernarfon in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The population of the village was 2,284 at the 2011 Census. Y Felinheli has its beginnings in 2 districts, Tafarngrisiau near St Mary's Church as well as Aberpwll to the north-east where there was a mill on the Afon Heulyn. The mill was rebuilt closer to the sea in 1633 as well as provided its name to the settlement. The area was largely farming until the location was transformed by slate quarrying in the 19th century. A brand-new dock was integrated in 1828 when lime was drawn out at Brynadda and slate as well as lime were filled and also culm (coal dust or anthracite slack) was generated to discharge the lime kilns. The owners of the Vaynol Estate, the Assheton Smiths, owned most of the land in Y Felinheli and developed the Dinorwic Quarry in the late 18th century, They also constructed the harbour to export slate transferred to the quay by the Dinorwic Railway, a narrow gauge train that was consequently replaced by the Padarn Railway. Industrial development offered Y Felinheli (Felin-hely, 1838) the different name Port Dinorwig or Port Dinorwic.