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  • Penrhyn Castle was the home of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant (1764-1840), the powerful landowner and owner of the nearby Penrhyn quarry at Bethesda. The castle was designed by the architect Thomas Hopper (1776-1856) and was constructed during the 1820s.
Aerial photograph of Penrhyn Castle, Llandygái, 1996
Aerial photograph of Penrhyn Slate Quarry, Bethesda
Aerial photograph of Penrhyn Slate Quarry, Bethesda, 1994
  • The following images show selected pages from the North Wales College, Penrhyn Quarrymen Subscription Book, 1885-6. Despite the financial hardships suffered by the quarrymen and their families, they responded magnificently to the appeals to support the foundation of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. Each gallery or 'ponc' in the Penrhyn Quarry established its own committee in order to collect monthly subscriptions. Details of the payments made by the quarry officials and the quarrymen who worked the 'Lord' and 'Sebastopol' galleries are shown here.
Bangor University - Quarrymen Subscription Book, 1885-6 [front cover, image 1 of 13]
'Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda' by Peter Prendergast, 1978 (oils)
  • A list of the accidents which occurred at the Dinorwig and Penrhyn slate quarries in the period 1822-79. This booklet was compiled from accident reports which appeared in the 'Herald Cymraeg' newspaper.
Cynauaf Damwain: a List of the Accidents which occurred at the Dinorwig and Penrhyn slate quarries (Caernarfon, [1879]), [front cover, image 1 of 20]