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MISCELLANEOUS

Mae’r mwyafrif yn ymwneud a chwarel Llechwedd.

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

Item Title	Description	Archive Date
XS1058/31	Llechwedd Quarries. Blacksmith Shop.
XS1058/32	Llechwedd Quarries. Another view of floor 5, showing mills, 4 water wheels. Steam Haulage on main incline. Five Ffestiniog Railway trucks for transport to Portmadoc [Porthmadog] for shipment by sea, ... more	1890-1895?
XS1058/33	Llechwedd Quarries. View of incline from floor 7 to floor 1. Water-balance ascending with block. Pipe to supply this seen in foreground at left. Openings are worked-out chambers in Old vein (at back)... more	1890-1895
XS1058/34	Llechwedd Quarries. View in slate dressing Mill Floor 5. Horse has pulled in a block, about to be unloaded. One large block is being parted with crowbar. Slate sawing tables in background to right.	1890-1895
XS1058/35	Llechwedd Quarries. View of Slate Dressing Mills on Floor 5, showing white steam from main haulage incline, from underground workings; (now electrified.) water-wheel providing power for mills, and an... more	1890-1895
XS1058/36	Portmadoc [Porthmadog] Wharf, unloading slates from Ffestiniog Railway wagon for stacking.	1890-1895
XS1058/37	Llechwedd Quarries. Pay day: outside Quarry Office, about.	1890-1895
XS1058/38	Llechwedd Quarries. View of floor 5 mills at Quarry, showing water-wheel to provide power for saws and dressing machines.
XS1058/39	Llechwedd Quarries. Slate dressing mill.
XS1058/40	Llechwedd Quarries. View from Floor 7 showing incline to lower floors.

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