
Gilfach Ddu – Now and Then
Date | 6 June 2015 | ||
Location | Llanberis | SH 58297 60714; 53.12469°N, 4.11913°W | |
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Further Reading National Slate Museum;
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Gilfach Ddu – Now and Then
Date | 6 June 2015 | ||
Location | Llanberis | SH 58297 60714; 53.12469°N, 4.11913°W | |
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Further Reading National Slate Museum;
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Watch Vision in Grey on YouTube
Date | 23 March 2014 | ||
Location | National Slate Museum, Llanberis | SH 58555 60290; 53.12095°N, 4.11508°W | |
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National Slate Museum; |
Date | 1 March 2014 | ||
Location | National Slate Museum, Llanberis | SH 58555 60290; 53.12095°N, 4.11508°W | |
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Date | 31 December 2013 | ||
Location | National Slate Museum, Llanberis | SH 58555 60290; 53.12095°N, 4.11508°W | |
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National Slate Museum; |
Date | 3 March 2013 | ||
Location | National Slate Museum, Llanberis | SH 58555 60290; 53.12095°N, 4.11508°W | |
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Painter and sculptor John Neville Foulkes (1937-1997) was born and lived all his life in Llanberis. On leaving school, he found employment at Dinorwic Quarry, where he worked for many years. The exhibition at the National Slate Museum, which runs until 30 June 2013, features a small selection of Foulkes’ work, much of which was strongly influenced by his experience of working in the slate quarry. |
Date | 17 February 2013 | ||
Location | National Slate Museum, Llanberis | SH 58555 60290; 53.12095°N, 4.11508°W | |
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Date | 5 February 2012 | ||
Location | Dinorwic Quarry, Llanberis | SH 58782 60224; 53.12042°N, 4.11167°W | |
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Slate was commercially quarried at Dinorwic from 1787 until 1969. When the quarry closed, its workshops at Gilfach Ddu were acquired by the National Museum of Wales and are now home to the National Slate Museum, which first opened to the public in 1972. The quarry was a hazardous place to work, as evidenced by the 362 fatalities recorded between 1822 and 1969. The hospital, located just above Llyn Padarn, was purpose built in 1860 so that those suffering injuries from accidents in the quarry could be quickly treated. The quarrymen and members of their families who fell ill received free treatment in the hospital. This was funded by the deduction of a shilling from the workers’ pay together with proceeds raised at charitable events. With a diameter of 15.4 m, Gilfach Ddu’s 140-bucket waterwheel is the largest in mainland Britain (the Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man has a diameter of 22.1 m). It was built by De Winton of Caernarfon in 1870 and was in service — powering all the workshops via line shafting running throughout the works — until 1925 when it was superseded by a much smaller but more efficient Pelton-wheel turbine. The waterwheel was restored in 2000 with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and is in continuous operation. It is supplied with water via cast-iron pipes from an intake at Ceunant waterfall on the Afon Arddu above Llanberis.
National Slate Museum (LustreBox);
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Date | 29 August 2010 | ||
Location | Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis | SH 58556 60282; 53.12088°N, 4.11507°W | |
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National Slate Museum (Official Site) National Slate Museum (Wikipedia) |