Dinorwic Slate Quarry
Other Business Names:
- Wright, Thomas
- Ellis, Hugh
- Bridges, William
- Assheton-Smith family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Llanberis, Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
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Extraction
Slate extraction
Notes:
Dates from 1780s when small quarries were consolidated by Thomas Wright, Hugh Ellis and William Bridges who took over leases from Assheton-Smith family, local landowners. They introduced improvements in transport infrastructure including use of distinctive flat bottomed boats to carry slate over lake (Llyn Padarn). From early 19th century managed by the Assheton-Smith family. 1824 opened a horse tramway and converted to steam c1848. Closed 1969
Publications:
- Dinorwic Quarry and Railways. Great Orme Tramway and other rail systems by Boyd, James I C
- Dinorwic Slate Quarries by Assheton-Smith, C G
- Dinorwic. The Llanberis Slate Quarry, 1780-1969 by Jones, Reg Chambers
- Slates to Velinheli. The railways and tramways of Dinorwic Slate Quarry, Llanberis by Carrington, D C, & T F Rushworth
- Trade and transport in Llyn Padarn in the late eighteenth century by Illsley, J S
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Wright, Thomas
- Ellis, Hugh
- Bridges, William
- Assheton-Smith family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Llanberis, Gwynedd, Gwynedd, Wales, Wales
Sectors:
- Extraction Slate extraction
Notes:
Dates from 1780s when small quarries were consolidated by Thomas Wright, Hugh Ellis and William Bridges who took over leases from Assheton-Smith family, local landowners. They introduced improvements in transport infrastructure including use of distinctive flat bottomed boats to carry slate over lake (Llyn Padarn). From early 19th century managed by the Assheton-Smith family. 1824 opened a horse tramway and converted to steam c1848. Closed 1969Publications:
- Dinorwic Quarry and Railways. Great Orme Tramway and other rail systems by Boyd, James I C
- Dinorwic Slate Quarries by Assheton-Smith, C G
- Dinorwic. The Llanberis Slate Quarry, 1780-1969 by Jones, Reg Chambers
- Slates to Velinheli. The railways and tramways of Dinorwic Slate Quarry, Llanberis by Carrington, D C, & T F Rushworth
- Trade and transport in Llyn Padarn in the late eighteenth century by Illsley, J S