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Dinorwig '69: End of the line for one of the largest slate quarries in the world

Project background

. National Slate Museum opened in 1972 following the closure of Dinorwig Slate Quarry in the Summer of 1969. The museum was developed in the late 1990s with Heritage Lottery Funding. In 2017, a report commissioned by the Welsh Government, iden...

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Kontakt . National Slate Museum Llanberis, Gwynedd. LL55 4TY Telefon: +44(0)1286 870 630 E-Mail Eintritt kostenlos Öffnungszeiten Ostern bis Oktober: täglich 10.00 Uhr - 17.00 Uhr November bis Ostern: Sonntag bis Frei...

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Dinorwig slate quarry, photograph

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Dinorwig slate quarry, photograph

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Dinorwig slate quarry, photograph

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Dinorwig '69: End of the line for one of the largest slate quarries in the world

22 August 2009

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