PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing slabs of slate being taken by fork lift to be weighed taken July 1967 or 1969

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Bangor Library Collection: PhotographsXS4555

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing working galleries or terraces cut into mountain side taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/1

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing part of the huge pit taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/2

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing large block of slate after blasting being transported by trucks to the workshed, taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/3

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing quarrymen splitting blocks of slate into smaller slabs, taken Juky 1967 or 1969XS4555/4

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing slabs of slate being taken by fork lift to be weighed taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/5

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing the sawing shed taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/6

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing slabs of slate being sawn taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/7

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing a slate dresser splitting a block of slate in half taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/8

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing a slate dresser splitting the block of slate into the final half taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/9

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing the trimming shed where the slates are squared taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/10

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing the slates being trimmed by machine in the trimming shed taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/11

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing the slates stacked into piles ready to be taken to the assembly area taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/12

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing the slates stacked into piles according to their size and weight waiting to be transported from the quarry taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/13

PHOTOGRAPH of Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda showing the slates destined for export packed into crates taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/14

PHOTOGRAPH of slates from Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda stacked on the quayside at Port Dinorwic ready for loading onto a Dutch coaster taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/15

PHOTOGRAPH of Port Penrhyn taken from Anglesey taken July 1967 or 1969XS4555/16

PHOTOGRAPH of Bangor taken from the airXS4555/17

PHOTOGRAPH of Bangor taken from the airXS4555/18

PHOTOGRAPH of Minafon Terrace?, BangorXS4555/19

PHOTOGRAPH of student halls?, BangorXS4555/20

PRINT of George Hotel, BangorXS4555/21

ALBUM OF ENGRAVINGS of Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges by Edwin Clark, resident engineer.XS4555/22