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Gwynedd Collection (page 4)

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Lowering a tram full of slate onto the rails at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. From here the slate will be transported to the dressing sheds

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Slate fence and chapel, Corris, Gwynedd, North Wales

Slate fence and chapel, Corris, Gwynedd, North Wales
View of a fence made of slate, and a chapel building in the middle distance, in the village of Corris, in the historic county of Merionethshire, Gwynedd, North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Young quarryman, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Young quarryman, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A young quarryman waiting for the dust to settle after the rock has been blasted, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Two quarrymen, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Two quarrymen, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Two quarrymen, one young, one older, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Chapel building, Penyrorsedd, North Wales

Chapel building, Penyrorsedd, North Wales
A large chapel building at Penyrorsedd in the Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales, with a ramshackle stone wall and what looks like an old iron bedstead in the foreground

Background imageGwynedd Collection: End of shift, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

End of shift, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Scene at the end of a days shift at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. Quarrymen climb a 360 foot wooden ladder out of the slate pit

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the Blondin high wire and truck at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Abandoned equipment near Penyrorsedd, North Wales

Abandoned equipment near Penyrorsedd, North Wales
A steam Blondin winder, abandoned above Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. There is a pile of broken slate in front of it

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Slate milestone, Pen y Gwryd, North Wales

Slate milestone, Pen y Gwryd, North Wales
A fine example of an early 19th century slate milestone, standing by the roadside at Pen y Gwryd, near Llanberis, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales

Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales
Detail of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The tomb was sculpted by Richard Westmacott for the first Lord

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Derelict slate workings, Nantlle Valley, North Wales

Derelict slate workings, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
View through an open window of derelict slate workings in the Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. When an industry dies, the area dies too, and only the pollution is left

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Slate roof, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales

Slate roof, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on the roof of an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Slate covered bungalow, Porthmadog, North Wales

Slate covered bungalow, Porthmadog, North Wales
A slate covered bungalow in Porthmadog, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The town of Porthmadog developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Cherubs on Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales

Cherubs on Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales
A detail of cherubs splitting slate on the bas relief of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Slate used on office building, Slate Wharf, Caernarfon

Slate used on office building, Slate Wharf, Caernarfon
Terracotta, yellow brick and Caernarfon slate used on an office building on Slate Wharf in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales

Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imageGwynedd Collection: Beddgelert South - 1925

Beddgelert South - 1925
Welsh Highland Railway in Beddgelert, Gwynedd



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