Blondin tower, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

View of a Blondin tower 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

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