Llechwedd Quarries

Taken 5-May-16

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HRS 7398 Llechwedd slate quarry, lifting-gear

The wooden shear-legs or lifting gear was used to lift large blocks of slate on to or off the tramway bogeys.

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Keywords:blaenau ffestiniog, compressed air engines, cranes, cymru, llechwedd, quarries, quarrying, slate, snowdonia, tramways, wales