Monday 31 July 2017

Point Lynas Telegraph Station


Lowry refers to the Liverpool and Holyhead Telegraph in Chapter X111 of In Ballast to the White Sea; "A lone airman, that wintry Easter, was flying over the Irish Sea. Now that the fog had cleared completely he was following the line of the old telegraph stations to Liverpool: Holyhead, Cefn Du, Point Lynas, Puffin Island, Great Ormes Head. Making a spurt, he covered the seventeen miles between Llysfaen over Veryd to Voel Nant in seven minutes."

Point Lynas Telegraph Station was built in 1840 to supercede that on Mynydd Llaneilian ; rebuilt in 1855. L-shaped building, converted to a private house, 'The Old Telegraph'.

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