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Penyrorsedd Collection

Background imagePenyrorsedd Collection: Blondin tower, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Blondin tower, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
View 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

Background imagePenyrorsedd Collection: Blondin winder, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Blondin winder, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A 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

Background imagePenyrorsedd Collection: Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Moving slate waste, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman moving slate waste at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imagePenyrorsedd Collection: Workman with tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Workman with tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A workman pushing a tram loaded with large slabs of slate, at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imagePenyrorsedd Collection: Quarryman drilling, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Quarryman drilling, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A quarryman drilling into the rock at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Background imagePenyrorsedd 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 imagePenyrorsedd 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 imagePenyrorsedd 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 imagePenyrorsedd 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 imagePenyrorsedd 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 imagePenyrorsedd 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 imagePenyrorsedd 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


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