tarboat's photos with the keyword: dinorwic

Remains of a table incline within Dinorwic slate quarry. Only one of the tables remains part way down.

New occupant in the caban at Dinorwic slate quarry.

Slate sawing machines remain in the mill on the Australia level at Dinorwic Quarry. The site has been abandoned since 1969.

Looking across the great fall at Dinorwic slate quarry. The water tank and adjacent compressor house are on the Australia Level.

Disused drum house for an inclined plane at the very top of the Garret side of Dinorwic slate quarry. The land in the far distance is Anglesey.

Shelter from the storm, and falling rocks, at the Dinorwic slate quarries. The seated character was contemplating its potential for development as a holiday home.

A multiplicity of abandoned inclines in this view of a small part of the Dinorwic slate quarry.

The blondins at Dinorwic quarries worked to fixed stops rather than running freely across the whole pit. The remains of one of these stands sentinel high up above Llyn Peris.

Inside the slate sawing mill on the Australia level at Dinorwic Quarry. Abandoned since 1969 and quietly decaying.

Disused table incline high up in the Dinorwic quarries in North Wales. Both tables were lying at the foot of the incline with a piece just visible lower left. The quarry workings were abandoned in 1969.

There are several compressors still to be found on the various levels of the Dinorwic slate quarries. This is a particularly interesting example on the Australia level, high up in the quarry. Benjamin Chew Tilghman invented the Sandblasting process in c1870 and filed a patent for it in the United States. He began in business with his brother in Philadelphia manufacturing chilled iron shot for use in stone sawing and then moved to London where he formed 'Tilghman's Patent Sand Blast Co'. He later moved to Sheffield and then in 1879 opened a new factory in Altrincham which became the hub of the sand blasting industry in Britain. It is clear that the company produced compressors for sandblasting and these were also available for other industries such as quarrying that required compressed air for driving drills etc.

Water tank on the Australia level at Dinorwic Quarry.

Ingersol air compressor and receiver on the Australia level at Dinorwic slate quarry.

High up in the Dinorwic quarries this table incline looks almost ready to receive wagons for the mills that were situated lower down. It is forty years since work finished here.

Slate sawing machines remain in situ at the mill on the Australia level at Dinorwic Quarry.