Abandoned Vivian SLATE QUARRY | Dinorwic Llanberis | North Wales.

#Abandoned #Dinorwic #Wales This week we head to the tall gash in the hillside here in Llanberis which was the Vivian slate quarry, a self-contained part of the Dinorwig quarry complex. It was named after quarry manager Warwick Walter Vivian. Initial quarrying here, in the 1870s, went downwards. The galleries you can see today were formed as slate extraction proceeded upwards. Slate on small railway wagons went from the galleries to the inclines left of the quarry which carried the loaded wagons down. Waste slate was hauled along the hillside to the bridge in front of the quarry hospital, where it passed over the Padarn Railway (now the Llanberis Lake Railway) for dumping at the lake shore. Quarrying here finished in 1960. The quarry pit became the deep lagoon now used by the Vivian Dive Centre. Divers can see surviving quarry huts and other equipment deep under the surface. 👍 We'd really appreciate your support by giving the video a like and subscribing to the channel, so you don't miss out on our future adventures. 😊 Thanks again for watching and well see you again on our next adventure. All the best, Em & Stu. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH US 😀 🔵 You can also find us on Facebook - https:///exploring.with.em.and.stu/ 📸 And follow us us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/exploring_w... 📧 Email us directly with any inquiries - [email protected] 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 If you'd like access to our regular, exclusive, and behind the scene content from both of our YouTube channels, you can join our fantastic little Patreon community for just £3 a month by clicking here..   / exploringwithemandstu   🎬 If you'd like to see more from us we also have another channel 'The Great Escapers,' where we take you along with us on our travels around the Uk -    / @the-great-escapers   💰 If you'd like to make a small donation towards our travels and explores either through Ko-fi or PayPal using the links below, we'd be incredibly grateful - Ko-fi - https://ko-fi.com/exploringwithemandstu PayPal - [email protected] Your support is always very much appreciated and helps to make the channel grow. 😊 #Abandoned #History #Exploring #GetOutside #UK #WW2 #losthistory