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Llwyngwern Station, near Corris, showing the quarrymen waiting to catch the down train, c. 1900
  • 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]
  • The quarrymen in this photograph are seen using traditional tools to split slates.
Two quarrymen splitting slate at Chwarel Cefn Du, Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire, early 20th century
Slate quarrymen at Deiniolen
  • The quarrymen in this photograph are seen using traditional tools to split slates.
Quarrymen cutting slate at Llanberis
A quarryman at Llwyngwern quarry, which closed in 1951, and on whose site the Centre for Alternative Technology was built