DINORWIC: THE LANBERIS SLATE QUARRY 1780-1969
Written by Reg Chambers Jones
Published by Bridge Books
in 2006
ISBN: 1844940330
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DINORWIC: THE LANBERIS SLATE QUARRY 1780-1969
Written by Reg Chambers Jones.
Stock no. 1831161
1st.
2006.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A fascinating account of the history of the quarry, the life of the men who worked there and the harsh conditions they operated under, the local community, and the industrial railway system that flourished around it. Now home of the National Slate Museum and the Electric Mountain Visitor Centre. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 175 pages. ISBN: 1844940330. Top of spine and corners lightly bumped. Pale grease spot to vertical edge of front endpaper, half-title page and colophon page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned to spine and front panel, base of spine & lower corner lightly worn.
Front cover
Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Vaynol
- 2. Dinorwic Quarry
- 3. Transport
- 4. Quarry Hospital
- 5. Llanberis & District
- 6. Port Dinorwic Quay and Village
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Wartime
- Select Bibliography