Unusual wagon - Dinorwic slate quarries

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simonrl
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15 years ago

Can anybody explain this:

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First thought is it's a slab wagon for lowering slab down steep inclines?

Never seen one before and spotted several wandering around (me, not the wagons) last weekend.

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

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staffordshirechina
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15 years ago

I have seen a similar idea at a honestone mine in North Staffs.
The slabs were just stacked on like leaning books for movement around the dressing workshops. The base had timber on but the end was just steel. It looks like your wagons should be timbered too.

derrickman
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15 years ago

it's an incline slab wagon, called a car cyrn, see here

http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/rolling%20stock.html

''the stopes soared beyond the range of our caplamps' - David Bick...... How times change .... oh, I don't know, I've still got a lamp like that.

JohnnearCfon
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15 years ago

"staffordshirechina" wrote:
I have seen a similar idea at a honestone mine in North Staffs.
The slabs were just stacked on like leaning books for movement around the dressing workshops. The base had timber on but the end was just steel. It looks like your wagons should be timbered too.

They were not timbered.