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78 relations: Aberllefenni, Adit, Alfred McAlpine, Bethesda, Gwynedd, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Brazil, British industrial narrow-gauge railways, British narrow-gauge slate railways, Bryn Eglwys, Buckingham County, Virginia, Buckingham Slate, Burlington Slate Quarries, CE marking, Cilgwyn quarry, Cornwall, Corris, Croesor Quarry, Cumbria, Cwmorthin Quarry, Delabole, Dinas Mawddwy, Dinorwic Quarry, Domestic roof construction, Fair Haven, Vermont, Frost, Galicia (Spain), Granville, New York, Gwynedd, Honister Slate Mine, Industry, Inuit, Lake District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Llanberis, Llangollen, Llechwedd quarry, Maenclochog, Maenofferen Quarry, Maine, Menai Strait, Mica, Minas Gerais, Mine exploration, Mondoñedo, Monson, Maine, Nantlle Valley, National Gallery, New York (state), Newfoundland (island), ..., Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Oakeley Quarry, Open-pit mining, Ortigueira, Paleozoic, Pembrokeshire, Penrhyn Quarry, Portugal, Province of Ourense, Quiroga, Galicia, Rhosydd Quarry, Sedimentation, Skiddaw Slate, Slate, Slate industry in Spain, Slate industry in Wales, Swithland, Taconic Mountains, Tectonics, Ulu, United States, Valdeorras, Vermont, Virginia, Volcanism, Wales, Washington, D.C., World War II. Expand index (28 more) »
Aberllefenni
Aberllefenni is a village in the south of Gwynedd, Wales.
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Adit
An adit (from Latin aditus, entrance) is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, ventilated, and minerals extracted at the lowest convenient level.
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Alfred McAlpine
Alfred McAlpine plc was a British construction firm headquartered in Hooton, Cheshire.
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Bethesda, Gwynedd
Bethesda is a town on the River Ogwen and the A5 road on the edge of Snowdonia, in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, colloquially called Pesda by the locals.
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Blaenau Ffestiniog
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town in Wales.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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British industrial narrow-gauge railways
British industrial narrow-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man that were primarily built to serve one or more industries.
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British narrow-gauge slate railways
Narrow-gauge railways were used extensively in the slate industry of Great Britain, especially in Wales.
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Bryn Eglwys
Bryn Eglwys was a slate quarry and mine located near Abergynolwyn in Gwynedd, Wales.
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Buckingham County, Virginia
Buckingham County is a rural United States county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and containing the geographic center of the state.
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Buckingham Slate
Buckingham Slate is quarried in Buckingham County, Virginia, in the town of Arvonia.
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Burlington Slate Quarries
Burlington Slate Quarries are located near Kirkby-in-Furness in Cumbria, England.
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CE marking
CE marking is a certification mark that indicates conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area (EEA).
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Cilgwyn quarry
Cilgwyn quarry is a slate quarry located on the north edge of the Nantlle Vale, in North Wales.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.
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Corris
Corris is a village and community in the south of Snowdonia in the Welsh county of Gwynedd.
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Croesor Quarry
Croesor Quarry is a large underground slate mine in north Wales which was served by Croesor Tramway.
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Cumbria
Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.
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Cwmorthin Quarry
Cwmorthin Quarry is a slate quarry west of the village of Tanygrisiau, north Wales.
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Delabole
Delabole (Delyow Boll) is a large village in north Cornwall, England, UK.
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Dinas Mawddwy
Dinas Mawddwy is a town and community in south-east Gwynedd, north Wales.
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Dinorwic Quarry
The Dinorwic Slate Quarry is a large former slate quarry, now home to the Welsh National Slate Museum, located between the villages of Llanberis and Dinorwig in North Wales.
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Domestic roof construction
Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most suburban detached houses in cold and temperate climates.
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Fair Haven, Vermont
Fair Haven is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.
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Frost
Frost is the coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight.
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Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (Galician: Galicia, Galiza; Galicia; Galiza) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law.
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Granville, New York
Granville is a town on the eastern border of Washington County, New York, United States.
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Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in Wales, sharing borders with Powys, Conwy, Anglesey over the Menai Strait, and Ceredigion over the River Dyfi.
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Honister Slate Mine
The Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria is the last working slate mine in England.
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Industry
Industry is the production of goods or related services within an economy.
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Inuit
The Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, "the people") are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
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Lake District
The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England.
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lancaster County, (Pennsylvania German: Lengeschder Kaundi) sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County is a county located in the Lehigh Valley region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Llanberis
Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.
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Llangollen
Llangollen is a small town and community in Denbighshire, north-east Wales, situated on the River Dee and on the edge of the Berwyn mountains.
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Llechwedd quarry
Llechwedd quarry is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.
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Maenclochog
Maenclochog is a village and community in Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales.
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Maenofferen Quarry
Maenofferen Quarry (also known as Maen Offeren Quarry) is a major slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales and one of the major users of the Ffestiniog Railway.
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Maine
Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Menai Strait
The Menai Strait (Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.
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Mica
The mica group of sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals includes several closely related materials having nearly perfect basal cleavage.
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Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is a state in the north of Southeastern Brazil.
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Mine exploration
Mine exploration is a hobby in which people visit abandoned mines, quarries, and sometimes operational mines.
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Mondoñedo
Mondoñedo is a small town and municipality in the Galician province of Lugo, Spain.
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Monson, Maine
Monson is a town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
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Nantlle Valley
The Nantlle Valley (Dyffryn Nantlle) is an area in Gwynedd, north Wales, characterised by its large number of small settlements.
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National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.
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New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
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Newfoundland (island)
Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Northampton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
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Oakeley Quarry
Oakeley Quarry is a slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales.
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Open-pit mining
Open-pit, open-cast or open cut mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.
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Ortigueira
Ortigueira is a seaport and municipality in the province of A Coruña the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.
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Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
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Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire (or; Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales.
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Penrhyn Quarry
The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Province of Ourense
Ourense is a province of northwestern Spain, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia.
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Quiroga, Galicia
Quiroga is a municipality in the province of Lugo, part of the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain.
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Rhosydd Quarry
Rhosydd Quarry is a slate mine northeast of Porthmadog in North Wales.
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Sedimentation
Sedimentation is the tendency for particles in suspension to settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier.
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Skiddaw Slate
Skiddaw slate is an early Ordovician metamorphosed sedimentary rock, as first identified on the slopes of Skiddaw in the English Lake District.
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Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism.
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Slate industry in Spain
90% of Europes's natural slate used for roofing originates from the slate industry in Spain, with the region of Galicia being the primary source of production.
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Slate industry in Wales
The existence of a slate industry in Wales is attested since the Roman period, when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon.
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Swithland
Swithland is a linear village in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England.
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Taconic Mountains
The Taconic Mountains or Taconic Range are a physiographic section of the larger New England province and part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England from northwest Connecticut to western Massachusetts, north to central western Vermont.
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Tectonics
Tectonics is the process that controls the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time.
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Ulu
An ulu (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐅᓗ, plural: uluit, English: "woman's knife") is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut women.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Valdeorras
Valdeorras is a comarca in the Galician Province of Ourense.
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Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Virginia
Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Volcanism
Volcanism is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a vent.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_industry
