Event:Slate Carrying Incline Demonstrations

Come and see the Vivian slate carrying incline in action!

Have you ever wondered how they got slate down the mountains?  Well - the answer is  - by incline!  

Slate was loaded onto wagons at the quarry face which travelled down the incline on rails to the bottom, where they were run off. Their weight would haul them the empty wagons back up the incline on a parallel track, where the process would begin again. 

The Vivian incline was built between 1873 and 1877. Derelict since 1937, the V2  level was restored to working order in 1998 thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.                                                           

It is now the only working incline of its kind in Britain and visitors are able to see it working as it would have been in the quarry’s heyday. 

The Incline is located outside the National Slate Museum in Padarn Country Park. To reach it, follow the pathway behind the Lake Railway terminus. 

Incline demonstrations last approximately an hour on the following days at 10:30am and 2pm:

15 (PM only), 22, 29 July 

5, 12, 19, 26 August

2, 9, 16, 23 September