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  2. Oakeley quarry - Wikipedia

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    In 1821, at the end of the initial three years, Holland took a further 21-year lease on the site, but he sold this in 1825 to the Welsh Slate Company which considerably extended the quarry. [3] The Welsh Slate Co.'s undertaking was the lowest on the mountain it became known as Lower Quarry - also known as Lord Palmerston's Quarry.

  3. Slate industry - Wikipedia

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    Slate mines are found around the world. 90% of Europe's natural slate used for roofing originates from the Slate Industry in Spain. [1] The major slate mining region in the United Kingdom is the Lake district, with Honister slate mine being the last working slate mine, the only producers of the world famous Westmorland greenslate.

  4. British narrow-gauge slate railways - Wikipedia

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    Internal slate quarry tramway. Nantlle Railway: 1828 1963 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Penygroes: Horse-hauled slate tramway serving the quarries of the Nantlle vale. Oakeley quarry: 1814 by ? 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) Blaenau Ffestiniog: One of the largest slate mines in Wales, a major source of the Festiniog Railway's traffic. Oernant Tramway [8 ...

  5. National Slate Museum - Wikipedia

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    The National Slate Museum (previously known as the Welsh Slate Museum and the North Wales Quarrying Museum) is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of relicts of the Slate industry in Wales.

  6. Maenofferen quarry - Wikipedia

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    The main mills of the Maenofferen Slate Company around 1896. Maenofferen was first worked for slate by men from the nearby Diphwys quarry shortly after 1800. By 1848 slate was being shipped via the Ffestiniog Railway, but traffic on the railway ceased in 1850. In 1857 traffic resumed briefly and apart from a gap in 1865, a steady flow of slate ...

  7. How Christmas is celebrated in 21 places around the world - AOL

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    In the UK, stockings are hung from the end of beds and the monarch gives an annual speech. The King or Queen of England gives an annual speech on Christmas Day. Pool/Reuters.

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