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  Waterwheel at the National Slate Museum, Llanberis 

Location
Grid reference - SH 586 603
OS Sheet - 115

Off A4086 at Llanberis. Follow signs to Llyn Padarn Country Park.

The 50-ft diameter suspension waterwheel, built in Caernarfon in 1870, provided power for the Dinorwic slate quarry workshops and ran until 1925. The wheel again turns, and the workshops and foundry are restored as one of the attractions at the National Slate Museum. One of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales.

Cafe & gift shop. Slate splitting demonstrations, restored slate-carrying incline and quarrymens’ houses.

Opening Times
Daily 10.00 - 17.00 except 24th-26th December & 1st January.

Contact01286 870630.

E-mail
[email protected]                         

Web Site
www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/slate

 

 

 

 


 

Photograph © Jim Woodward-Nutt

 
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