Quarryman drilling, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
A quarryman drilling into the rock at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The silica dust in the air is lethal, giving rise to silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease affecting most slate quarry workers in middle age
Picture No
10425126
Media ID
47979103
Size
4463px x 5724px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Roger Worsley Archive
Source
The Roger Worsley Archive
Date
Early 1970s
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Caernarvonshire Deadly Drilling Fatal Gwynedd Incurable Lethal Nantlle Penyrorsedd Quarry Quarrying Quarryman Respiratory Silica Slate Workmen
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