Penrhyn Slate Quarry

United Kingdom / Wales / Bethesda /
 quarry, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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This is the BIGGEST slate quarry in the world, and is perhaps one of the largest quarries in Europe. It quarries purple, Cambrian slate. The old tipps are now being ground up to make road-fill and artificial slabs.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrhyn_Quarry
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Coordinates:   53°9'46"N   4°3'56"W

Comments

  • Amazing place, youll never see a more impressive pit anywhere in Britain!
  • my grand father dressed slate here
  • works some 50% of Welsh Slate even today,
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