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All Photos of Cwmorthin (Cwm Orthin) Slate Quarry (United Kingdom)

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Cwmorthin Graffiti!
Pretty icicles at the entrance
Pretty icicles at the entrance
Pretty icy shapes in the lake
Trucks
Ch 33 OV
DE Connection
D floor chamber, west of the OV incline
D floor chamber, west of the OV incline
Truck on OV D floor
Old cart and track
Stairway to heaven
stair way to heaven
Two ways ?
Stoping
Bridge
A fuzzy Willy Eckerslyke admiring the new poles at OVI head
Lake Level Adit 1980s
Lake Level Adit ca 1975
OVI head - poles in place!
OVI incline head - poles in place
Miles holding the roof up
Knocking down the loose bits - BVI
More props in - top of BVI
Gettin the first pole at the right angle - top of BVI
Getting the first prop at the right angle
The old prop at the head of the BVI
Dan dragging the pole in along the adit
Nick arrives with the first pair of 4m poles
Nick and tractor setting off up the hill
Unloading the tractor
First poles ready to go...
Llyn Cwmorthin and the Mine from the tips - 1970s.
Looking across Llyn Cwmorthin from the Office at the MIne - 1970s.
Looking across Llyn Cwmorthin from the Office at the MIne - 1970s.
Looking down at Cwmorthin Mine and thew Lake - 1970s.
In the Cwmorthin Valley - 1970s
In the Cwmorthin Valley - 1970s
In the Cwmorthin Valley - 1970s
In the Cwmorthin Valley - 1970s - Matt Cooke in attendance.
General View over the Cwmorthin Tips
The Explosives Magazine at Cwmorthin Mine (Gentleman guarding is Nick Butcher)
Llyn Cwmorthin and the Magazine at Cwmorthin Mine
Lynn Cwmorthin and the Tips of Cwmorthin Mine
Cwmorthin Office and Blacksmith''s shop c 1975
The Cwmorthin Buildings at the Lake
Blacksmith''s Bellows at Cwmorthin Mine
General View of the Surface of Cwmorthin Mine
wmorthin Office c 1975
Cwmorthin manager''s office