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Votty & Bowydd quarry (also known as Lord quarry) [1] is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales. It was one of the major users of the Ffestiniog Railway . It opened in 1870 In the quarry's peak years around 1900, the quarry produced around 17,000 tons -per-annum (15,000 tonnes -per-annum) of slate, employing 500 men.
Hendreddu quarry was a slate quarry about three miles west of Aberangell in Merioneth (now Gwynedd), North Wales, near Nant Hendreddu on the slopes of Mynydd Hendre-ddu. The quarry worked the Narrow Vein , the highest-quality slate vein in the Abercorris Group .
Llechwedd quarry (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬɛχˈwɛð]) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. At its peak in 1884 it produced 23,788 tons of finished slate per year and had 513 employees. It continues to produce slate on a limited scale and is the location of the Llechwedd Slate Caverns tourist attraction.
Slate Quarry Road Dutch Barn is a historic dutch barn located at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1790 and is a large, nearly square "H" frame building. It is sheathed in horizontal weatherboarding and has a gable roof. It has one main story with a spacious hayloft. [2]
The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine. Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material, gravestones and memorial tablets, and electrical insulation.
My family adores pot stickers and dumplings. And they're a great quick meal. A few years ago I started freezing leftover rice in a resealable bag, adding to it whenever I had any left from dinner.
Map of Alexandra quarry around 1913, including the exit tramway and Bryngwyn incline. In order to develop the quarry, a second Alexandra Slate Company Ltd was formed in 1874, with Samual Bateson as its managing director and Sir Thomas Bateson and two of his brothers being major shareholders. The quarry produced 891 tons of product in 1875. [9]
The Bottom Line on How Often to Weigh Yourself. Weighing yourself daily may seem like an obvious choice when trying to lose weight. But there can be both benefits and risks to weighing yourself ...