Dinorwig Slate Quarry

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industrial heritage site slate quarry

Dinorwig Slate Quarry is a historic former slate mine in northwest Wales, renowned for its vast industrial landscape and role in the region’s 19th-century slate boom.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Dinorwig mountain 2
Dinorwig slate quarries 2
Dinorwic quarry 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial heritage site ⓘ
slate quarry ⓘ
closureDate 1969 ⓘ
contains National Slate Museum ⓘ
restored workshops ⓘ
water-powered machinery remains ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Welsh industrial heritage ⓘ
currentUse industrial archaeology site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
economicImpact major employer in Llanberis area ⓘ
employedPeople over 3000 workers at peak ⓘ
heritageDesignation Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales ⓘ
surface form: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales"
heritageDesignationDate 2021 ⓘ
landscapeType mountainous industrial landscape ⓘ
languageRegion Welsh-speaking area ⓘ
locatedIn Snowdonia ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
north-west Wales ⓘ
surface form: northwest Wales
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Gwynedd ⓘ
locatedInOrNear Llanberis ⓘ
locatedOn Dinorwig Slate Quarry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dinorwig mountain
materialExtracted slate ⓘ
nearbyFacility Dinorwig Power Station ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Llyn Padarn ⓘ
Llyn Peris ⓘ
notableFeature engine houses ⓘ
extensive stepped galleries ⓘ
incline systems ⓘ
massive waste tips ⓘ
tramway remains ⓘ
workshops ⓘ
openingDate 18th century ⓘ
owner Assheton family ⓘ
surface form: Assheton Smith family
partOf Gwynedd ⓘ
surface form: Gwynedd slate quarrying region

Welsh slate industry ⓘ
peakActivityPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
product roofing slate ⓘ
slate slabs ⓘ
significantEvent 19th-century slate boom ⓘ
significantPeriod 19th century ⓘ
status disused ⓘ
tourismActivity guided tours ⓘ
industrial heritage interpretation ⓘ
walking and hiking ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Llanberis Lake Railway ⓘ
surface form: Padarn Railway

internal narrow-gauge tramways ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales → hasPart → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
National Slate Museum → occupiesSiteOf → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwic slate quarry workshops
National Slate Museum → locatedNear → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwic quarry
Llyn Padarn → hasNearbyFeature → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwig slate quarries
Bala Lake Railway → hasLocomotiveCollectionFrom → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwic slate quarries
Llyn Peris → locatedAtBaseOf → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwig mountain
Llyn Peris → associatedWith → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwig slate quarry
Llyn Peris → near → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwig village
Dinorwig Slate Quarry → locatedOn → Dinorwig Slate Quarry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwig mountain
Llanberis → historicallyAssociatedWith → Dinorwig Slate Quarry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dinorwig slate quarries