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Dinorwig slate quarry, photograph
Dinorwig Quarry taken from one ponc (gallery), looking down at the ponc (gallery) below. In the photograph two quarrymen and one steward, possibly Mr Owen William Humphreys, are standing beside two rubble wagons, looking up towards the camera. A series of ‘cytiau mochal ffiar’ (blasting shelters / huts), wagons, and railway tracks, can be seen on the different ponciau (galleries).
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2009.109/12
Acquisition
Donation, 16/11/2009
Measurements
Length
(mm): 84
Width
(mm): 111
Techniques
black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
paper
Location
In store
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