Some links to other related websites
Slate industry websites
Rhosydd slate quarry A detailed look at a Ffestiniog quarry
Rhiwbach Slate Quarry Website on the quarry and its tramway
Alun John Richards website With full details of all his great books on Welsh slate
Mine Explorer The definitive online database for the mine-exploring community
Wikepedia article The Slate industry in Wales - excellent site.
Alfred McAlpine Slate The owners of Penrhyn & Oakeley Quarries
Llechwedd Slate Caverns Award winning tourist attraction and working quarry.
Wincilate Ltd, Aberllefenni, Corris Suppliers of high quality slate
Inigo Jones Slate Works, Groeslon Original Slate workshops - open to the public.
Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis National Museum in Dinorwic Quarry workshops.
Slate Wreck Salvage Retrieving roofing slate from Anglesey shipwrecks!
Narrow gauge in industry Archive views of tramways at Llechwedd Quarry.
Welsh Mines Society Coverage of all types of mines throughout Wales.
Easdale Island The history of the Scottish Slate Islands.
Berwyn Slate quarry Quality slate products from the Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen.
Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust Heritage Trust for Central and North East Wales
Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Heritage trust for North West Wales
Royal Commission for ancient & historic monuments of Wales
Gwynedd Archive Service Excellent site with an extensive photo gallery
Jenkins Slate Roofing Services (PA) Home of the "Slate Roof Bible"
Historical aspects of the Welsh Slate Industry by D Dylan Pritchard - with thanks to Terry Hughes
The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineeers
Slatesite Gwynedd County Council's excellent site on the Welsh slate Industry
Gathering the jewels Slate industry section of this excellent website
Remains of the Welsh Slate Industry An impressive in-depth look at several quarries
Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) Excellent museum of slate tramway artifacts
AditNow Active forum about underground mine workings
Merioneth Manganese Informative website about this little known Welsh mining industry
If
you are modelling a slate quarry then join
the
Slate
Quarry Modelling group
Links
to some other Welsh sites
The Narrow Gauge railway museum, Tywyn, Gwynedd
Wales on the Web The gateway to material of Welsh interest.
Best of Wales The Best Hand Picked Web Sites
West Wales web Huge database on Wales.
North Wales Index Hundreds of links covering North Wales.
Welsh Highland Railway Reopening of the Caernarfon - Porthmadog line
Wales Tourist Board Wales's premier site for tourist information.
Dyffryn Conwy Valley Llandudno Junction to Trawsfynydd by train.
Total Wales Definitive source of information for Wales
Welsh-American Genealogical Society Research your Welsh roots
Anglesey Mining plc Parys Mountain, Amlwch metal mine
BBC community website for North West Wales
www.snowdonia-active.com/ Your portal to the outdoors in Snowdonia
North Wales Images N Wales photographs, postcards and prints
Snowdonia
Guide
A comprehensive guide to the National Park