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Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, North WalesView of the Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales, with the engine house at the centre
Wales / Nantlle ValleyA rambler walking in the Nantlle Valley, Snowdonia, Wales. The valley closely follows the course of the Afon Llyfui. Date: 1930s
Blondin tower, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesView of a Blondin tower at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. This is part of the high wire carriage system used to move the slate around
Blondin winder, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesA Blondin winder at work, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The Blondin is a high wire carriage system used to move the slate up or across
Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesA workman moving slate waste at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Sheep in graveyard, Talysarn, North WalesA sheep in a graveyard, helping to keep the grass down, in the village of Talysarn, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Workman with tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesA workman pushing a tram loaded with large slabs of slate, at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Quarryman drilling, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesA quarryman drilling into the rock at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesLowering 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
Municipal bench, Nantlle Valley, North WalesClose-up view of a municipal bench with a decorative iron dragon support, in the Nantlle Valley, North Wales. A pile of slate waste indicates that the bench is not far from a closed-down slate quarry
Young quarryman, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesA 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
Two quarrymen, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesTwo quarrymen, one young, one older, at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Chapel building, Penyrorsedd, North WalesA 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
End of shift, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesScene 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
Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North WalesView of the Blondin high wire and truck at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales
Abandoned equipment near Penyrorsedd, North WalesA 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
Derelict slate workings, Nantlle Valley, North WalesView 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
