Series of Photographs of the Dolgarrog Dam Disaster

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

Reference
- GB 2008 CP28
Dates of Creation
- 1925
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 part box

Scope and Content

Series of photographs of the Dolgarrog Dam Disaster published as a set by Dolgarrog Branch of the British Legion and sold at a price of 1s.

Access Information

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Archive Record|Table of contents

Series of Photographs of the Dolgarrog Dam DisasterCP28

View of the Porthllwyd hotel before floodingCP28/1

View of a Dolgarrog Cottage and garden beofre floodingCP28/2

View of Village Hall? covered in trellis before floodingCP28/3

General View of village street under flood waterCP28/4

Flood water rushing past the verandah of the Porthllwyd HotelCP28/5

The Porthllwyd Hotel surrounded by rubbleCP28/6

Large house in devastated condition with broken windows, part buried in mud and rubble and surrounded by broken furnitureCP28/7

Ruined cottage with gaping hole in rear wallCP28/8

General views of village and surrounding countryside covered with rushing flood waterCP28/9

General views of village and surrounding countryside covered with rushing flood waterCP28/10

Torrential waterfallCP28/11

Tiny figures of men standing on rocks above flood waterCP28/12