Slate Quarrying Photographs

This material is held atGwynedd Archives Service - Caernarfon Record Office / Gwasanaeth Archifau Gwynedd, Archifdy Caernarfon

Reference
- GB 219 XS4789
Dates of Creation
- c.1952
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 44 items

Scope and Content

showing the different stages of slate production.

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Related Material

XM13276 and XSF77

Archive Record|Table of contents

Slate Quarrying PhotographsXS4789

PHOTOGRAPH of part of the Penrhyn Quarry viewed from the top part of the worksXS4789/1

PHOTOGRAPH of drilling into slate at Penrhyn Quarry to prepare for blastingXS4789/2

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman and drill preparing hole for blasting at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/3

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman and drill preparing hole for blasting at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/4

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman holding cartridge of powder explosive ready to be place in the hole for blasting at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/5

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman climbing the rock at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/6

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman putting the powder into the flask and cartridge to pour into the hole made in the rock at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/7

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman putting the powder into the hole in the rock using the cartridge at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/8

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman ramming the powder into the hole using the cartridge leg before filling the hole with small stones and dust (without doing this the powder would be blown out of the hole without splitting the rock)XS4789/9

PHOTOGRAPH of the blasting signal bell at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/10

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman descending by rope after lighting the fuse at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/11

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman descending by rope after lighting the fuse at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/12

PHOTOGRAPH of stone shelter (cwt mochal ffiars) where quarrymen would shelter during blasting at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/13

PHOTOGRAPH of explosion during blasting at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/14

PHOTOGRAPH of rocks falling during blasting at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/15

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman restarting work after the blasting has finished at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/16

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman restarting work after the blasting has finished at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/17

PHOTOGRAPH of three quarrymen splitting large rocks of slate into smaller piecesXS4789/18

PHOTOGRAPH of quarryman splitting large slate rocks into smaller pieces using a sledgehammer and an iron bar at Penrhyn quarryXS4789/19

PHOTOGRAPH of slabs of slate with quarrying tools at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/20

PHOTOGRAPH of four quarrymen loading slabs of slates onto a rail 'sledge' at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/21

PHOTOGRAPH of a run of mixed slate and rubble starting its way on the railtrackXS4789/22

PHOTOGRAPH of the slate run turning into a tunnel and general view of Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/23

PHOTOGRAPH of water balance tanks at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/24

PHOTOGRAPH of slate being pulled up incline railway at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/25

PHOTOGRAPH of slate being weighed at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/26

PHOTOGRAPH of a load of slate at Penrhyn Quarry showing quarryman's individual numberXS4789/27

PHOTOGRAPH of sheds at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/28

PHOTOGRAPH of saw mill interior at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/29

PHOTOGRAPH of circular saw mill at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/30

PHOTOGRAPH of a man splitting slate in the shed at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/31

PHOTOGRAPH of a man splitting slate in the shed at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/32

PHOTOGRAPH of a man splitting slate in the shed at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/33

PHOTOGRAPH of a man splitting slateXS4789/34

PHOTOGRAPH of a man marking slate for cutting with a measuring stickXS4789/35

PHOTOGRAPH of a man cutting slate by handXS4789/36

PHOTOGRAPH of a man cutting slate using a foot controlled bladeXS4789/37

PHOTOGRAPH of a man cutting slate using an electric bladeXS4789/38

PHOTOGRAPH of a man cutting slate using an electric bladeXS4789/39

PHOTOGRAPH of slates being taken to being taken to the counting shed at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/40

PHOTOGRAPH of slates being loaded and stacked at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/41

PHOTOGRAPH of slates arranged into the four usual measurements (Queen, Princess, Duchess, Countess)XS4789/42

PHOTOGRAPH of a locomotive and trucks of slates ready to leave for port at Penrhyn QuarryXS4789/43

PHOTOGRAPH of the Sybil Mary being loaded with a load of 200 tonnes of slates to go to DublinXS4789/44