A photo from the 190s showing evidence of slate quarrying in North Wales in the distance. Slate originated as mudstones about 450 million years ago during the Ordovician geological era. Mudstones were formed by silt filtered by marine deposition, often at the mouth of large rivers. The flow of river water carrying silt in suspension […]
On the recent ‘houses’ walk round Pearson Park one thing we noted was that all the properties we looked at had roofs of Welsh slate. 90% of roofing slates come from the mines and quarries of the Snowdonia region of North Wales and are characterised by being grey, although can be of varying shades. Where
This black and white photo, undated but probably inter-War, is a favourite of mine. It shows a carriage of the Snowdon Light Railway pulled by a steam driven locomotive ascending the line from Llanberis to the peak of Mount Snowdon. Snowdon is the highest mountain peak in Wales at approx. 3500 feet above sea level,