Gallery > Railways > UK > Nantle Slate Quarry.
Slate wagons were lowered by a wire rope flying railway from the mountain side down hundreds of feet into the quarry hole.The device was called a Blondin and worked into the 1950's
Copyright | Max Sinclair |
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Taken | Date unknown |
Location | Nantle Slate Quarry. |
Camera | Rolleiflex 21/4 square |
Lens | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f2.8 |
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