Author: Reg Chambers Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844940332
Category : Dinorwic Quarry (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Dinorwic Quarry at Llanberis, now the home of the National Slate Museum and the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre, was once one of the largest slate quarries in the world. Today, the scars of the terraces on the side of the Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr, along with the tips of slate waste, are silent testimony to the industrialisation of this beautiful north Wales valley. Once employing thousands of men, the quarry was the major source of income for many communities, not only in the shadow of the mountain itself, but as far away as the east cost of the Isle of Anglesey from where many workmen travelled by boat and train every weekend to live in the spartan conditions of the quarry barracks. Slate quarrymen were a special breed of highly skilled workers who laboured in what would now be seen as appalling conditions in the face of the prevailing elements, forever running the risk of death, ill-health and serious injury.
Dinorwic
Author: Reg Chambers Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844940332
Category : Dinorwic Quarry (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Dinorwic Quarry at Llanberis, now the home of the National Slate Museum and the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre, was once one of the largest slate quarries in the world. Today, the scars of the terraces on the side of the Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr, along with the tips of slate waste, are silent testimony to the industrialisation of this beautiful north Wales valley. Once employing thousands of men, the quarry was the major source of income for many communities, not only in the shadow of the mountain itself, but as far away as the east cost of the Isle of Anglesey from where many workmen travelled by boat and train every weekend to live in the spartan conditions of the quarry barracks. Slate quarrymen were a special breed of highly skilled workers who laboured in what would now be seen as appalling conditions in the face of the prevailing elements, forever running the risk of death, ill-health and serious injury.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844940332
Category : Dinorwic Quarry (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Dinorwic Quarry at Llanberis, now the home of the National Slate Museum and the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre, was once one of the largest slate quarries in the world. Today, the scars of the terraces on the side of the Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr, along with the tips of slate waste, are silent testimony to the industrialisation of this beautiful north Wales valley. Once employing thousands of men, the quarry was the major source of income for many communities, not only in the shadow of the mountain itself, but as far away as the east cost of the Isle of Anglesey from where many workmen travelled by boat and train every weekend to live in the spartan conditions of the quarry barracks. Slate quarrymen were a special breed of highly skilled workers who laboured in what would now be seen as appalling conditions in the face of the prevailing elements, forever running the risk of death, ill-health and serious injury.
Locomotive, Railway Carriage and Wagon Review
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Minutes of Evidence
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Labour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Worrall's Directory of North Wales, Etc
Author: Directories. - Wales, North
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Report[s], [minutes of Evidence, Indexes, Answers to Questions].
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Labour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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ISBN:
Category : Labor
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Report of Commissioners
Author: Great Britain. Metalliferous Mines and Quarries Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Law Times Reports of Cases Decided in the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal ... [new Series].
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ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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