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Once one of the biggest slate quarries in the world but all that remains today is an adventure playgr...
One rusty old abandoned waggon used on the inclines to get the slate down the steep hills in the quar...
Dinorwic slate quarry was one of the biggest slate quarries at the end of the 18th century. Even toda...
The slate that was left over after explosions or the pieces that could just not be used were dumped a...
These are just some slate rubble hills, only about 100m high where they dumped everything they could ...
You can have a nice hike around the Marchlyn Mawr reservoir. You will not go up any of the big name m...
This is one of the old winch houses on the top of a quarry incline. Those huge winches were used to l...
Those rows of houses were build so the quarryman could work longer hours because they would not need ...
The engineer was the main person when it came to anything to do with engineering works in the quarry ...
Wales (Cymru in the Welsh language) is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The major cities are Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Bangor. The city of St. Davids is the smallest city in the UK with a population around 2000. Wales itself has a population of around 3 million. The Welsh language is spoken by around 20% of the population.
