Quarry Collection (page 8)

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

Slate tram, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a slate tram and part of the main buildings at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Stoking furnace, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A foundryman stoking the foundry furnace at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, 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

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

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

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

Slate milestone near Penmachno, North Wales
A slate milestone, probably early 19th century, near Penmachno, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales

House with decorative slate tiling, North Wales
View of the front of a house with decorative slate tiling, somewhere in North Wales. The house is double-fronted, but appears to be either terraced or semi-detached

Derelict building, slate quarrying area, North Wales
View of a derelict building in a slate quarrying area of North Wales. The roof of this house has several tiles (probably made of slate) missing

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

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

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

Remains of a slate quarry, North Wales
The remains of a slate quarry in North Wales, with a mountain of slate waste, railway earthworks, retaining walls and walkways

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

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

Remains of Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the remains of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The National Slate Museum is nearby

Fitters Shop, Portland Prison, Dorset
The fitters workshop at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset
Uniformed officers stand at the entrance to Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Interior of RC Church, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior of the Roman Catholic church at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset
A machine with toothed blades and a rotating saw cutting up stone. Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Georgia - Batumi - Workers at a quarry
Quarry workers mining one of the many seams of good quality stone to be found in the area around Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara

Aisne Canal WWI
Stone quarry by the Aisne Canal near Berry-au-Bac in France during World War I

Egyptian Remount depot WWI
The 44th Squadron at an Egyptian remount depot near the coast. Exercising the mules and going down the steep sides of a sand-covered disused quarry

Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt
Granite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Porphyry Mine in Lessines, Belgium
Mine / Quarry for Porphyry at Lessines, Belgium. Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz

The Stone-Cutting Establishment at Oreston, with part of the
Engraving of the Prince of Wales visiting the Oreston granite quarry, viewing part of the masonry for the new Eddystone Lighthouse, August 1879

Chalk Quarry
Quarrying chalk at Faxo, probably in Denmark

Stone Quarry France
A somewhat idealised quarry where the slate (french : ardoise) is cut out in neat slices and winched up to the surface

Bellers Nap Quarry
Working the stone quarry at Bellers Nap, Barrow, Gloucestershire

Gilmerton Quarry
Working the quarry at Gilmerton, Tayside (Scotland)

French Stone Quarry
Horses drag a wagon-load of stone from a French quarry : a massive windlass is used to raise the stone from the workings to the road

Hunting in Enclosure
Hunting game within a fenced- off enclosure, preventing the quarry from escaping and so making things easier for the hunter

Hare Coursing 1809
Two hare-hounds close on the heels of a hare, their master not far behind... but their quarry shows them a clean pair of heels and may escape ending up jugged on the supper-table

Stone Quarry
Men loading stone slabs onto a horse-drawn cart at a stone quarry

Stoneworker, 1867
A Victorian stoneworker in a quarry

Slate Quarry / Wales
Lord Penryns slate quarry, near Bangor, North Wales

Digging out Guano / Peru
Guano mining operations: Chincha islands, Peru. The deposits of seabirds, named guano, were sought after as prized fertiliser in the nineteenth century

Extracting Guano / Peru
Peruvians on the Chincha islands, work to extract guano deposits

Setting out on a Shoot
A party of sporty French people have gathered at the hunting lodge before dawn, in order to catch their quarry in the morns early light

China Clay Quarry
A china clay quarry near St. Austell, Cornwall. The quarries are often 300 feet deep and a mile round the top. The clay is washed out and the white sand is separated

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