Bronze Age Gold from Wales

The Penmaenmawr Quarries (photograph album)

Red leather and synthetic covered photograph album with title in gold lettering in centre of front cover. Contains 24 black and white photographs, as listed below. (1) Penmaenmawr Quarry, 1906. (2) Mr W.D.Jones, Quarry manager and others, 1906. (3) Railway sidings & stage, 1906. (4) View from top of incline showing storage hoppers and stage, 1906. (5) Inclines to mill level, showing mill and dust shoot, 1906. (6) Workshops and cooling tanks, 1906. (7) Loaded train leaving mill, 1906. (8) Workshops, 1906. (9) Macadam Crushing Mill, 1906. (10) Air compressor & Dynamo House. (11) Train going round mountain to West Quarry, 1906. (12) View showing three banks in West Quarry, 1906. (13) West side of top bank, West Quarry, 1906. (14) East side of top bank, West Quarry, 1906. (15) View showing drill 50ft above bank level, 1906. (16) 'Ingersoll Sargeant' compressed air drill at work, 1906. (17) Water reservoir 1200ft above sea level, 1906. (18) General view showing 'north view' mill & inclines to East Quarry, 1906. (19) Bottom bank east, 1906. (20) Heather bank east, 1906. (21) View showing five banks in East Quarry, 1906. (22) Fox bank east, 1906. (23) Blasting in Kimberly bank east, 1906. (24) Starting Kimberly bank showing cairn on top of Penmaenmawr Mountain (1553ft o.d.), 1906.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

78.4I

Acquisition

Donation, 28/11/1977

Measurements

Length (mm): 320
Width (mm): 445
Height (mm): 50

Techniques

black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph

Material

paper
card
leather
synthetic

Location

In store
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