Penrhyn Slate Quarry

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industrial heritage site slate quarry

Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a historic and once world-leading slate mine in Bethesda, North Wales, central to the region’s industrial heritage and landscape.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Penrhyn Quarry 2
Penrhyn Slate Quarry canonical 1
Penrhyn slate quarries 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial heritage site ⓘ
slate quarry ⓘ
associatedWith labour disputes in the Welsh slate industry ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Penrhyn quarry strike ⓘ
surface form: Great Penrhyn Strike
associatedWithEventEnd 1903 ⓘ
associatedWithEventStart 1900 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalSignificance associated with Welsh working-class heritage ⓘ
symbol of Welsh industrial history ⓘ
economicImpact contributed significantly to the economy of North Wales ⓘ
environmentType mountainous region ⓘ
exportDestination Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
geologicalEra Ordovician ⓘ
heritageDesignation part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales" ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 2021 ⓘ
historicalRole key employer in Bethesda ⓘ
major global centre of slate production ⓘ
industry construction materials industry ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ
knownFor industrial heritage significance ⓘ
roofing slate ⓘ
slate production ⓘ
landscapeImpact dominant feature of the Ogwen Valley landscape ⓘ
languageOfPlace English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn Bethesda, Gwynedd ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty Caernarfonshire ⓘ
locatedInRegion North Wales ⓘ
materialExtracted Ordovician slate ⓘ
nearbySettlement Bethesda ⓘ
ownedBy Plas Madoc estate ⓘ
surface form: Penrhyn Estate
partOf Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales ⓘ
surface form: The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales

North Wales slate industry ⓘ
surface form: Welsh Slate industry
product roofing tiles ⓘ
slate ⓘ
slate slabs ⓘ
region Snowdonia ⓘ
surface form: Snowdonia area
significantPeriod 19th century ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
status operational quarry ⓘ
tourism viewed from public viewpoints and trails ⓘ
transportHistory linked historically to Port Penrhyn ⓘ
served by narrow-gauge railways ⓘ
workforceType labourers ⓘ
quarrymen ⓘ
stone splitters ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales → hasPart → Penrhyn Slate Quarry ⓘ
Bala Lake Railway → hasLocomotiveCollectionFrom → Penrhyn Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penrhyn slate quarries
Bethesda → nearbyFeature → Penrhyn Slate Quarry ⓘ
subject surface form: Bethesda, Gwynedd
this entity surface form: Penrhyn Quarry
Bethesda → historicallyDependentOn → Penrhyn Slate Quarry ⓘ
subject surface form: Bethesda, Gwynedd
this entity surface form: Penrhyn Quarry
Bethesda → hasAttraction → Penrhyn Slate Quarry ⓘ
subject surface form: Bethesda, Gwynedd
this entity surface form: Zip World Penrhyn Quarry
Penrhyn Castle → historicalConnection → Penrhyn Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penrhyn slate quarry