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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
View of Holyhead mountain before the Great Blast, 1857. Unsigned and undated. Modern frame. Scene depicts preparations on 15 January 1857 to blow away a substantial section of Holyhead Mountain to provide sufficient stone for the construction of the breakwater that now forms the harbour of refuge off the Anglesey port.
Scene depicts preparations on 15 January 1857 to blow away a substantial section of Holyhead Mountain to provide sufficient stone for the construction of the breakwater that now forms the harbour of refuge off the Anglesey port.
