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Joe visits Dinorwig Quarry to uncover the rich history of slate mining in the area and the dangerous lives of those who worked tirelessly to extract it. He meets individuals dedicated to preserving ...

By the 1870s, slate was one of Wales' major industries and Blaenau Ffestiniog had become an industrial town. The Dinorwig and Penrhyn quarries were the two largest slate quarries in the world ...

Built on the proceeds of sugar harvested by enslaved people on four plantations in Jamaica, and quarrying in what was once the largest slate quarry in Wales, Penrhyn Castle has a controversial ...

Built on the proceeds of sugar harvested by enslaved people on four plantations in Jamaica, and quarrying in what was once the largest slate quarry in Wales, Penrhyn Castle has a controversial past ...