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Blondin system, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

View of the Blondin high wire and truck at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. This is part of the high wire carriage system used to move the slate around the quarry, as directed by the watcher. The Blondin is named after the famous French tightrope walker and acrobat, Charles Blondin

Picture No
10425135
Media ID
47979201
Size
3721px x 4723px (1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Roger Worsley Archive
Source
The Roger Worsley Archive
Date
Early 1970s

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