Dorothea Quarry old slate workings below the Nantlle Ridge: flooded pits, waste tips, inclines, slate buttresses & Cornish beam-engine house tower.
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4961 x 3697 px | 42 x 31.3 cm | 16.5 x 12.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 September 1999Location:
Dorothea Slate Quarry & Nantlle Ridge, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UKMore information:
View over Dorothea Quarry slate workings in Dyffryn Nantlle with Nantlle Ridge to rear: flooded pits, waste tips, inclines, slate buttresses & pyramids. Also clock tower housing Cornish beam-engine which pumped out the quarry pit. Georgian origins, reached peak in Victorian era, continued into modern times. Low cloud pours over the Nantllle Ridge (in the Snowdonia National Park) and into Cwm Silyn.