Dinorwic quarry is a large former slate quarry, now home to the Welsh National Slate Museum, located between the villages of Llanberis and Dinorwig in Wales. At its height at the start of the 20th cen
Vivian quarry, part of the Dinorwic quarry
The Vivian transporter incline, completed in 1873, and restored in 1998. The transporters run on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) gauge tracks.
Welsh Slate Museum located in Gilfach Ddu
Johnny Dawes on Poetry Pink (E5 6b), Rainbow Slab
Willow is a 1988 American high fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard and produced by Nigel Wooll. The film was executive produced by George Lucas and written by Bob Dolman from a story by Luca
Dinorwic quarry
…versions of the class have been built by the Exmoor Steam Railway, and by a new Hunslet company at the Statfold Barn Railway. In 1987, part of the film Willow was shot in the Dinorwic quarry, on the lower terraces next to the pumped-storage scheme. Scenes from the 1994 film Street Fighter were filmed on the…
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin