Another trainload of tourists venture underground at Llechwedd, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Two views of the small coaster Dowlais D at Port Penrhyn in July 2007.  This vessel is being used to transport slate waste from Penrhyn Quarry in Bethesda to Liverpool and Manchester.  Penrhyn Quarry is located on the side of the mountain to the left of the vessel.

This simple footbridge across a stream near Nantlle is made of slate slabs supported by tramway rail.

The imaginative use of slate in a modern building.

This fine bridge carries a footpath across the route of the former Padarn Railway.  The Padarn was a 4 foot
gauge line from Dinorwic quarry to Port Dinorwic.  A view of the trackbed is seen below.

This restored dressing machine could be worked by hand or by belt pulley.
It was used to trim the edges of slates.

rusting away amongst the heather in Dinorwic Quarry.

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