Dinorwic slate quarry - heaps of slate rubble
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The slate that was left over after explosions or the pieces that could just not be used were dumped along the original hillside. Some of those slate rubble hills are up to 100m high and cover the wholes area around the slate quarry. More info on the Dinorwich slate quarry can be found under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinorwic_Quarry
These are just some slate rubble hills, only about 100m high where they dumped everything they could ...
One rusty old abandoned waggon used on the inclines to get the slate down the steep hills in the quar...
This is one of the old winch houses on the top of a quarry incline. Those huge winches were used to l...
Once one of the biggest slate quarries in the world but all that remains today is an adventure playgr...
Those rows of houses were build so the quarryman could work longer hours because they would not need ...
Dolbadarn Castle stands above Llyn Padarn, between Caernarfon and Snowdonia. Built by the Welsh Princ...
Dinorwic slate quarry was one of the biggest slate quarries at the end of the 18th century. Even toda...
Everything is about slate in this museum which is right next to Llanberis at the shores of Llyn Padar...
Everything is about slate in this museum which is right next to Llanberis at the shores of Llyn Padar...
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.
