Graig Ddu quarry
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graig-ddu-quarry-192-9839599
title:
Graig Ddu quarry
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Graig Ddu quarry is a disused slate quarry near Blaenau Ffestiniog, in Gwynedd, North Wales. Although output was only about 3,000 tons a year, it reputedly has 36 saw tables and the same number of dressing machines on site. As with others in the area, the quarry suffered from a lack of water, resulting in the siting of the mill some distance away, at a lower level. Slate was initially taken to a wharf on the River Dwyryd for onward transport, but in the 1860s, three inclines were built to link t
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Disused slate quarry in north Wales
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graig_Ddu_quarry
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2023-10-10T12:56:34Z
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