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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
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).