Servicing the Blondin, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Servicing the Blondin (high wire lifting gear) at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The gear has to be overhauled and greased regularly, high on a tower at the edge of the quarry pit. The Blondin is named after the famous French tightrope walker and acrobat, Charles Blondin
Picture No
10425140
Media ID
47979025
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5264px x 4452px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Roger Worsley Archive
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*Editorial Use Only*
Source
The Roger Worsley Archive
Date
Early 1970s
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Blondin Caernarvonshire Greased Gwynedd Maintenance Mechanic Mechanical Nantlle Overhauled Penyrorsedd Quarry Quarrying Quarryman Servicing Slate Workman Workmen
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