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Manon slate quarry, slide
Manod Slate Quarry, in use, attached to an incline cable. Later all steel versions have been used but wooden type is preferred since it is less liable to chip the blocks.
Collection of slides forming lecture "Rails in the Slate Industry" by D.R. Geering, UMIST 3rd year Mechanical Engineering Projects, c.1975 (copy of lecture notes in related material).
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2012.60/134
Creation/Production
Geering, D.R.
Date: 1975 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation, 29/8/2012
Measurements
Length
(mm): 50
Width
(mm): 50
Height
(mm): 2
Techniques
colour (photograph)
photograph
Material
film (photographic)
plastic
Location
In store
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