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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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.

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Size: 4961px × 3697px
Location: Dorothea Slate Quarry & Nantlle Ridge, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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