skip to main content

Browse the archives

XS/1058

AMRYWIOL
MISCELLANEOUS

Mae’r mwyafrif yn ymwneud a chwarel Llechwedd.

The majority of these photographs are related to the Llechwedd Slate Quarries.

Item TitleDescriptionArchive Date
XS1058/21 Glen Etive Lodge, Argyllshire.  1890-1895
XS1058/22 Glangwna, Caeathraw, Carnarvon [Caernarfon] (2)   
XS1058/23 Llechwedd Quarries. Patent safety device on winch, brake, etc., This type of crane still in use for hauling blocks under and above ground. (1894?).  1894?
XS1058/24 Llechwedd Quarries. View of safety-brake in crane-winch(2 copies).  1894
XS1058/25 Llechwedd Quarries. View of safety-brake, on crane-winch for Llechwedd Slate-mines.  1894?
XS1058/26 Llechwedd Quarries. Switchboard - First (experimental) power-station used for driving the Criban level to divert Ceunant stream from underground workings. Later this was replaced by existing power-ho...  more  
XS1058/27 Llechwedd Quarries - Quarry Staff, taken outside the Quarry Office(2).   
XS1058/28 Llechwedd Quarries. Experimental power-house situated at top of incline in floor 1, worked by water-wheel, and used for charging up cells to light Plas Waenydd.   
XS1058/29 Llechwedd Quarries. Pilot scheme power plant, later replaced by a larger scheme at Pant yr Afon.   
XS1058/30 Llechwedd Quarries. Employees - Taken on Criban Mountain, in rear of Plas Waenydd.  1890-1895?
Page 3 of 7: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 »

Page Language

In accord with normal archival practice in Wales, details of documents are presented in the language of the document. Where details appear in Welsh, then Welsh is the language in which the document is written; where they are in English, the document is in English.