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Dereliction
A
winter's day near Blaenau Ffestinog.
An old tipper truck
A
venerable Aveling-Barford tipper truck awaits the scrapman. The introduction
of
such vehicles spelt the end for most quarry tramways.
Power to the wheel
This
line of pillars once carried an aqueduct supplying water to a quarry waterwheel.
Power
from the wheel
Power was distributed
from the water wheel using this system of shafts, wheels and belts.
The blacksmith's shop
This building would once
have been at the heart of quarrying operations.
Rhodedendrons
This plant is native to
the Himalayas but also seems to find North Wales to its liking!
Underneath this colourful
display lies a quarry incline.
Tipmen's shelter
It was a hard life working
on the slate tips. The men built simple shelters
like this one to protect
themselves against the elements.
A
vista of some of the Blaenau quarries
The
disused Dyffws Casson and Fotty & Bowydd quarries,
this
photo was taken some years ago.
Llechwedd Slate Caverns and Miner's Tramway
The
restored quarrymen's village at Llechwedd Slate Caverns in Blaenau
Ffestiniog
with a selection of preserved quarry wagons in the foreground.
A
Jwmpah (a long weighted rod used to manually bore a hole) is shown
piercing
a slab of slate at Llechwedd Slate Caverns
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