Llanberis

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Llanberis

 

this slate mountain has provided roofing slate for many years

 

a dozen cut layers of slate quarrying can be seen

 

Llanberis is a town of slate mines

 

 

where the quarrymen worked

Photos of the Slate Museum

 

 

wild flowers in the slate slag

 

 

a slate mine across the lake


Slate Quarryman Houses

 

 

the Quarrymen

 

 

 

 

store room

 

bed room with a bed warmer on the blanket

 

child's cradle

 

Quarryman's House

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