Quarries · North Wales
Llechwedd quarry
Llechwedd quarry — Slate quarry in North Wales.
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Llechwedd quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1847. Wikidata describes it as: "Slate quarry in North Wales". Coordinates: 53.0021°, -3.9347°.
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Llechwedd quarry (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬɛχˈwɛð]) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. At its peak in 1884 it produced 23,788 tons of finished slate per year and had 513 employees. It continues to produce slate on a limited scale and is the location of the Llechwedd Slate Caverns tourist attraction.
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- Coordinates
- 53.0021, -3.9347
- District
- Gwynedd
- Parish
- Ffestiniog
- Postcode
- LL41 3BT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd
- Established
- 1847
Sources
- wikidata: Q6661976 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Llechwedd quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Llechwedd Slate Caverns 037.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llechwedd quarry?
- Llechwedd quarry is in North Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.0021°, -3.9347°.
- When was Llechwedd quarry built?
- Llechwedd quarry dates to 1847 — the Victorian period.