Adventure to the Secret Waterfall
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Dinorwic Quarry includes the remains of the Braich levels of the Dinorwic Slate Quarry which operated from around 1770 to 1969. Many of the levels remain intact following the construction of Dinorwic Pumped Storage Power Station. The series of ‘A’ inclines from Gilfach Ddu and the Anglesey barracks have been scheduled and preserved.
The surviving remains of the site include four substantial counterbalanced inclines, complete with rails, sleepers and drumhouses, a weighbridge house, locomotive sheds, water tanks and an office and caban. There is also a blondin with winding house and an electric compressor house. There is a large slate mill with two integral engine houses and saws, catslide extension and smithing hearth.
In 1972 the site opened to the public as a museum. Equipment was collected from other slate quarries and parts of the site were restored. It is now the National Slate Museum and part of the National Museum of Wales.The sudden closure of the quarry in 1969 meant that many buildings, structures and machines survived on some of the higher, more remote levels. The very visible nature of the workings when viewed from the slopes of Snowdon or across Peris lake bring home the form and extent of the quarry, and the construction of a major pumped storage scheme in the lower part of the quarry from 1975 to 1984 added to the sense of the ‘engineering sublime’.
This area and the Ogwen valley component part of the proposed site have much in common but also significant points of difference. Whereas part of Penrhyn quarry is active, Dinorwic is entirely relict, and offers both the specialist and the interested visitor a text-book explanation of slate-quarrying practice from the late eighteenth century to the 1960s.
Dinorwic Series
Episode 1: • Adventure to the Secre...
Episode 2: • Disaster on the Dinorw...
Episode 3 • Anglesey Barracks: A G...
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Beautiful historic industrial site "ruined for tax purposes." Brilliant...
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
Unfortunately yes. The whole site closed suddenly in 1969 due to money
I'm pretty sure these roads were in some driving game many years ago. Felt like I'd been there before!
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
Quite possibly. They will not be good when busy :)
Amazing place, looking forward to seeing the barracks again as that was a hard walk with a buggered knee, however well worth it!
@ALWResearchTeam
28 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. The walk sure isn’t an easy one
Where was all the Traffic. Never seen the road so clear 👍🏻👍🏻
@ALWResearchTeam
28 күн бұрын
5am on location to be free from muggles
Such a beautiful place who needs to go abroad
@ALWResearchTeam
28 күн бұрын
Indeed. Just to blanket 20mph limit but if it saves kids from road deaths
The waterfall is beautiful 😀
@ALWResearchTeam
28 күн бұрын
Yeah it sure is a nice one. Jonny Norton told me about it.
Great video Andy 👍🏼😊. What an amazing place. I think Paul summed it up perfectly with his ‘created beauty’ reference 😊. Those blocks definitely looked like they’d sheared off from the slate above. Could’ve easily been a Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner moment if you’d have been standing under it at the time 😱
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
Yes the full place reminded my of road runner and the mishaps the coyote used to have :-) I hope you have a great weekend
Absolutely beautyful Andy I'd love too explore there for sure my kinda place too Thank you for sharing really enjoyed watching hope your well Andy Melissa
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
Hello Melissa :) It certainly is a wonder of a place. We spent 12 hours there and barely scratched the surface. There is so much to explore.
Plaster's apply the first coat of render then scratch the surface to provide a key for the second top coat. Hence the name scratch coat. Wales is a stunning country.
@ALWResearchTeam
28 күн бұрын
Ah that makes sense :-) thanks Anthony
I'm to clumsy and if anyone were to skate off and over the edge it would be me! Be safe gents. Not to mention I'm terrified of heights, i about had to stop watching your journey. Lol
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
It sure is a scratchy one and we are very careful all the time. We dynamic risk assess every move we make on location.
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Was that camera speeded up Andy or was you driving that fast! 😂 where is the traffic its so quiet ive drove there wish it was like that then! Its beautiful drive lovely views out to sea. Very scenic as you drive up into the hills.Sheep! Wow what a stunning sight through the fence, waterfall & blue lagoon a bit of a climb to the secret waterfalll its gorgeous. Although a bit precarious to get to. Love the portrait of the miners on the wall, very detailed Thank you Andy & Paul for another exciting explore! ❤🥰👍
@ALWResearchTeam
24 күн бұрын
Hello Carol :) we certainly had a great time in Wales. The footage was actual speed but i alway obey the speed limit including the 20mph in built up areas (Wales local law) we will be back in Dinorwic in episode 2
@Carolb66
24 күн бұрын
@@ALWResearchTeam hi Andy it seemed you were going really fast I honestly thought the camera was speeded up lol. I think the 20mph limit is being scrapped now. Thank goodness that is a bit daft. 🥰
@ALWResearchTeam
24 күн бұрын
I don't believe there was any consultation or science behind the 20mph limit other than dictator Drakeford's dislike of cars.
@Carolb66
23 күн бұрын
@@ALWResearchTeam spot on Andy! Glad he is gone a too extremist for me!
This to my untrained eye looks like it's had a dual purpose at some time. As far as I know, slate is normally quarried rather than mined, although they are called slate mines. Could this have been a mineral mine that was later quarried for slate and in doing so have broken into the original addits ? It doesn't make sense to try bringing large blocks of slate out through a narrow addit. Just a thought.
@ALWResearchTeam
28 күн бұрын
Yes that is extremely likely and that there was a tour in the early 1970’s which may be the reason for the walkway but I cannot find evidence of this
Hey Andy do you have any info on Those tunnels you drove through?
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
Hello, they are near Conway on the A55
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
I can do a separate video in the future on them maybe
@ballardja1972
27 күн бұрын
??
@ALWResearchTeam
27 күн бұрын
Hi :) maybe we don't understand which tunnel you mean? Was it a car road tunnel or a slate mine tunnel? email us at alwresearchteam@gmail.com if you want to.