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		The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales
		On this website you can follow an outline history of the slate industry, discover details of quarrying methods, trace railways and tramways, discover how inclines worked, see examples of remains and relics and read an overview of the industry as it is today.
		North Wales - Changing Trains - 25 years of evolution.
	www.penmorfa.com (1086 words)

	Welcome to Porthmadog in North Wales
		In the 1880's the slate industry was in decline, exasperated by the building of the slate wharf at Delaney by the London North Western Rail Company.
		Wales provides stiff competition for other venues in terms of the number and range of activities taking place within such a localised area.
		As recently as the last century it was one of the main fishing and ship-building centres in North Wales with nearly 30 ships in production at the same time.
	www.porthmadog.com (1394 words)

	Welsh Slate Quarries
		This site is a general introduction to the slate industry of North and Mid Wales.
		The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales
		I have tried to give an overall impression of the industry and the changes it brought about.
	www.penmorfa.com /Slate (1394 words)

	A Research Framework for the Archaeology of Wales
		The slate industry of Gwynedd has been very thoroughly studied; to such an extent that it is unlikely that any other British industry comparable in terms of workforce and economic impact that has received the same level of attention.
		The archive of the Gwynedd slate industry is vast, and many sources have only recently been catalogued or remain in boxes to this day.
		In part because the nineteenth century legacy is so rich, comparatively little attention has been paid to what twentieth century industry remains in North-west Wales.
	www.cpat.org.uk /research/nwpmed.htm (3208 words)

	NMGW Industry Heavy industry collections
		The massive changes in the traditional industries of Wales in the 1950s were a considerable spur to the creation of the Department of Industry which came into being just in time to collect material from the steel and tin plate industries which were undergoing the most profound changes of all Welsh industries at that time.
		The special industries of Wales - coal; iron, steel and tin plate; non-ferrous mining and smelting; and slate quarrying, ensured an international prominence for the nation in the nineteenth century and in the early twentieth century.
		The very nature of heavy industry has resulted in the collection of historic photographs being crucial to our understanding of peoples' working experiences.
	www.nmgw.ac.uk /industry/heavy (3208 words)

	Welsh Slate Museum, North Wales
		et in a stunning landscape amidst the towering slate tips of Dinorwig Quarry the Welsh Slate Museum at Llanberis offers a wonderful insight into the history of Slate-quarrying in north Wales.
		Each house has been re-furbished to represent an important era in the slate industry's history, the years are 1861, "The Golden Age" of the slate industry; 1901, the Penrhyn Strike; 1969, the closure of Dinorwig Quarry.
		Browse in our attractive gift shop, with its selection of local crafts and a range of slate gifts.
	www.betws-y-coed.co.uk /attra/SlateMus (3208 words)

	Ausin U.S.A. exceptional wines from Australia and New Zealand.
		Others, especially the New England region of New South Wales are only just emerging but offer exciting opportunities for wine lovers.
		There is a long history of viticulture in the Hastings River, although as in many parts of Australia the industry declined before being revived during the wine boom of the late 20th Century.
		The company's base is at Hastings River, near Port Macquarie on the New South Wales Mid-North Coast.
	www.ausvin.com /wineries.html (3208 words)

	Data Wales : The Welsh slate industry
		The slate industry still exists, albeit on a much smaller scale and we presume that the availability of cheaper alternatives has led to the decline of a once famous Welsh product.
		The museum is housed in the old maintenance workshops of the Dinorwig slate quarry, once one of the world's largest.
		Wales has some of the best museums in the world.
	www.data-wales.co.uk /slate.htm (3208 words)

	Railways in Wales
		In Mid and North Wales, preservation is usually tied up with narrow gauge railways which once served the slate industry or - in the case of the Snowdon Mountain Railway - unashamedly targeted the tourist long before tourism became as important an element in the economy of Wales as it is today.
		The size and scope of preserved railways in Wales is extremely varied, and ranges from short lengths of track in urban environments to railways hidden in the lush valleys of west Wales, or clinging precariously to some of the most spectacular mountainside in the UK.
		The Freedom of Wales Flexi-Pass and Flexi-Rover tickets offer seven, eight or fifteen days' travel throughout Wales, and free or discounted admission to many attractions including eight preserved railways.
	members.aol.com /Walesrails (3208 words)

	NMGW Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis
		The Welsh Slate Museum at Llanberis has recently been relaunched following investment of a £1.6 million lottery grant, bringing back to life the inheritance of the North Wales slate industry which roofed the industrial revolution.
		A well-stocked shop with slate, wrought iron and wooden gifts, and a mouth-watering cafe with mountain views
		The perilous ups and downs of a 19th century incline plane, a unique restoration of the machinery which transported slate
	www.nmgw.ac.uk /wsm (3208 words)

	Cultural Resources Museums Celtic Confederation
		The museums included are National Museum and Gallery (Cardiff), Museum of Welsh Life (St. Fagans), Roman Legionary Museum (Caerleon), Welsh Slate Museum (Llanberis), Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry (Dre-Fach Felindre), Segontium Roman Museum (Caernarfon), Turner House Gallery (Penarth), and Big Pit - National Mining Museum of Wales (Blaenafon).
		Located in Dublin, Ireland, this is the largest research library in Ireland with almost 4 million volumes of books and an extensive collection of manuscripts which includes the famous Book of Kells.
		Located in Dublin, Ireland, this museum houses paintings and other works of art from the 14th through the 20th centuries.
	www.celticconfederation.org /museums.shtml (596 words)

	Wales Underground - Welsh Slate Museum
		Roofing slates from Dinorwig and other North Wales quarries were not only shipped all over Britain but also found their way to continental Europe and North America where they were used to meet the expanding housing and factory needs in the industrial cities.
		Today a small market for Welsh slate still exists, and demand in 1983 was stimulated by readily available home improvement grants for renovating the older housing in Britain.
		Penrhyn still operates today, kept going by an increase in demand for slate and made profitable by more mechanised ways of working which are also safer and better paid than in the days when Dinorwig still operated.
	www.underground-wales.org.uk /slate/history.shtml (596 words)

	News Wales > Tourism > Relaunch for national woollen museum
		The strategy embraces three existing site-specific museums - the National Woollen Museum, the Welsh Slate Museum at Llanberis and Big Pit, the National Mining Museum of Wales in Blaenafon - as well as the development of the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
		Welsh Assembly Government Culture, Welsh Language and Sport Minister, Alun Pugh AM will switch on the power of a Dobcross loom, during an official ceremony on 15 July, to mark to re-opening of the National Museums & Galleries of Wales' flagship site in west Wales.
		Once at the heart of the Welsh woollen industry, Dre-fach Felindre is again bustling with the noise of looms, thanks to a �2.6 million redevelopment programme at the National Woollen Museum.
	www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Tourism&F=1&id=7184 (596 words)

	Welsh Photo Links A - H
		Alan Carr's Gallery: Great photos focusing mostly on North Wales and the slate industry.
		The Great Castles of Wales: This page is a tribute to the country that has the finest and purest examples of fortified medieval architecture.
		The Castles of Wales: Jeff Thomas' excellent site about the castles of Wales features wonderful photography, in depth information, and an index to well over 100 Welsh castles.
	homepage.mac.com /venitar/Photolinks/photolinks.html (1144 words)

	National Museum Directors' Conference: Spoliation Report - National Museums & Galleries of Wales
		Comprises the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff; the Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff; Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon; Segontium Roman Fort Museum, Caernarfon; Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry, Dre-fach Felindre; Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis; Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon; and the Turner House Gallery, Penarth.
		Both a museum of the history of art in Wales and the national museum and gallery of art and design for Wales.
		There are currently 499 oil paintings and 188 sculptures on display at the National Museum and Gallery in Cardiff (approximately one third are by Continental artists, and include nearly all those listed by NMGW as having incomplete or missing provenance for 1933-45).
	www.nationalmuseums.org.uk /spoliation/reports/nmgw.html (991 words)

	BBC - North West Wales Webguide - History
		The Slate Industry of North and Mid Wales
		There are plenty to choose from in North West Wales, all illustrated with excellent photographs of the cromlechs, burial chambers and stone circles.
		This crumbling Victorian folly near Abergele is a familiar landmark to everyone who travels along the A55 or the North Wales Coast railway line.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/webguide/pages/history.shtml (792 words)

	Made in Wales
		The Slate industry of North and Mid Wales
		The Herbert family is one of the major families in Wales and includes the Earls of Pembroke, Earl of Carnarvon and the Marquis of Powis.
		We are a group based in South Wales who re-enact the 23rd Foot during the American War of Indpendence 1775-83.
	r.webring.com /hub?ring=wale (2010 words)

	GENUKI: Devon - Genealogy
		Blue slate quarrying in South Devon: an ancient industry, Industr.
		Nigel Batty-Smith provides a growing transcription, in browsable form, of the genealogies given in Visitations of the County of Devon of 1531, 1564, and 1620 by J.L. Vivian, published in 1895, and scanned images of his " The Visitation of the County of Devon, 1564 with additions from the Earlier Visitation of 1531 ".
		Devon's coastal and overseas fisheries and New England migration, 1597-1642.
	genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/index.html (2010 words)

	National Museum Directors' Conference: Spoliation Report - National Museums & Galleries of Wales
		Comprises the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff; the Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff; Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon; Segontium Roman Fort Museum, Caernarfon; Museum of the Welsh Woollen Industry, Dre-fach Felindre; Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis; Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon; and the Turner House Gallery, Penarth.
		Art in the social history collection of the Museum of Welsh Life has been reviewed but there is no reason to believe that any item there might have been the subject of spoliation.
		Access to these records is governed by the Public Record Art and by NMGW's Freedom of Information procedures.
	www.nationalmuseums.org.uk /spoliation/reports/nmgw.html (2010 words)

	News Wales > Tourism > Relaunch for national woollen museum
		The strategy embraces three existing site-specific museums - the National Woollen Museum, the Welsh Slate Museum at Llanberis and Big Pit, the National Mining Museum of Wales in Blaenafon - as well as the development of the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
		Once at the heart of the Welsh woollen industry, Dre-fach Felindre is again bustling with the noise of looms, thanks to a �2.6 million redevelopment programme at the National Woollen Museum.
		With the support of the Welsh Assembly Government and other funding partners, �40m is being invested in Objective One areas to celebrate the industrial heritage for Wales.
	www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Tourism&F=1&id=7184 (2010 words)

	Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd from Carm1.co.uk - The Photographic Guide to Wales
		NWT - Blaenau Ffestiniog was once the capital of the slate quarrying industry.
		Ffestiniog.org.uk - Blaenau Ffestiniog was once the capital of the slate quarrying industry.
		Conway Valley Railway - Emerging from the long tunnel into the station, the history of the slate industry of Blaenau Ffestiniog is revealed.
	www.carm1.co.uk /BlaenauFfestiniog (215 words)

	Museums and Galleries industry accounting software
		Opening later this year is the National Waterfront Museum at Swansea, outlining the story of industry and innovation in Wales.
		The National Museums and Galleries of Wales currently operates six sites across Wales, Big Pit; National Mining Museum of Wales, Blaenafon, National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff, Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, Roman Legionary Museum, Caerleon, National Woollen Museum, Dre-fach Felindre and the Welsh Slate Museum, Llanberis.
		With 95% of its funding coming from Welsh Assembly Government, National Museums and Galleries of Wales (NMGW) is using the PS Financials business accounting system to improve the visibility of ‘real-time’ budgetary information and aid control over departmental spending across its multiple museums throughout Wales.
	www.ps-financials.com /html/nmgw.html (215 words)

	Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
		The Saturday morning was occupied with some high-quality illustrated lectures on 'The social Archaeology of the North Wales slate industry', followed by 'Twenty five years of fieldwork in the North Wales slate industry' and then 'Aerial photography and Industrial Archaeology'.
		In November 1818 Mr Peto told the City of London Gas Company Board that he needed money quickly because Mr MacKintosh was suing him for a large sum of money, that it would come to trial next Monday, and that 'his character would be injured'.
		Work is presently being undertaken to make the steam engine movable and this June, as part of the Eastern England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference, it should be possible to see this splendid beam engine in motion.
	www.glias.org.uk /news/168news.html (215 words)

	BBC NEWS Wales North West Wales Jefferson memorial at eisteddfod
		It is thought Jefferson - president between 1801-9 - had family links with the north Wales slate industry, although this is not proved.
		The memorial will later be transferred to the Welsh Slate Museum in Llanberis.
		It will be transferred to the Welsh Slate Museum at Llanberis at the end of the 2005 National Eisteddfod, which is taking place at the Faenol estate in Gwynedd.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/north_west/4743653.stm (341 words)

	History of Bangor, Pennsylvania
		The little village which now appeared to be a growing metropolis was renamed Bangor, for it reminded the new people of Bangor, Wales; a very prominent slate mining town in the British Isles where most of the miners originated.
		Bangor’s slate industry would enjoy many successful years, however prosperity would not last forever.
		Quite often the Bangor area is referred to as the Slate Belt; so named for the heavy mining activity which once took place here.
	www.capozzoloslate.com /slatehistory.htm (1383 words)

	BBC NEWS Wales North West Wales Jefferson memorial at eisteddfod
		It is thought Jefferson - president between 1801-9 - had family links with the north Wales slate industry, although this is not proved.
		Thomas Jefferson is thought to have family links to slate quarrying
		He was the third US president and one of 11 presidents and 17 signatories of the Declaration of Independence believed to have Welsh connections.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/wales/north_west/4743653.stm (1383 words)

	Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy - Conwy Valley Railway
		You glimpse fairytale landscapes, the imposing 12th century Dolwyddelan Castle, ancient quarries and tracks, forests and the high peaks of Snowdonia before entering the heart of the mountain to emerge some minutes later in the imposing and historic industrial landscape of Blaenau Ffestiniog, the very centre of Wales' slate quarrying and mining industry.
		The Conwy Valley line, part of the National Rail Network, runs alongside one of the great rivers of Wales, the Conwy and continues along the banks of the turbulent river Lledr after it's confluence with the Conwy at Betws-y-Coed.
		Welcome to a Rail Journey on the Conwy Valley Line from the North Wales Coast to the Heart of Snowdonia
	conwyvalleyrailway.co.uk /english/pg_welc.htm (1383 words)

	Rheilffordd Dyffryn Conwy - Conwy Valley Railway
		You glimpse fairytale landscapes, the imposing 12th century Dolwyddelan Castle, ancient quarries and tracks, forests and the high peaks of Snowdonia before entering the heart of the mountain to emerge some minutes later in the imposing and historic industrial landscape of Blaenau Ffestiniog, the very centre of Wales' slate quarrying and mining industry.
		The Conwy Valley line, part of the National Rail Network, runs alongside one of the great rivers of Wales, the Conwy and continues along the banks of the turbulent river Lledr after it's confluence with the Conwy at Betws-y-Coed.
		Welcome to a Rail Journey on the Conwy Valley Line from the North Wales Coast to the Heart of Snowdonia
	www.conwyvalleyrailway.co.uk /english/pg_welc.htm (219 words)

	Canllaw Online
		The National Museums and Galleries of Wales are all FREE to get into and there are currently 7 museums and galleries across Wales including the Museum of Welsh Life in St Fagans, the Welsh Slate Museum in Llanberis.
		Wales is packed with museums and galleries that offer everyone access to a range of exhibitions, interactive workshops, behind-the-scene activities, teenage sessions and lots more.
		• Museum of Welsh Woollen Industry, Dre-Fach Felindre 01559 370929.
	www.canllaw-online.com /fe/sport.asp?nodeidl2=632&level=3&nodeidl3=644 (219 words)

	Blaenau Ffestiniog - Wikipedia
		Located in the mountains of Snowdonia, the town was once a major centre of the slate mining industry.
		Blaenau Ffestiniog is a town located in Gwynedd in north Wales, with a population of around 5,000.
		Blaenau Ffestiniog boasts several major tourist attractions, including the Ffestiniog Railway, and also the Llechwedd Slate Caverns[?] a former slate mine open to visitors.
	www.web-dictionary.org /encyclopedia/bl/Blaenau_Ffestiniog.html (121 words)

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