Marchlyn Quarry
The nearby Marchlyn quarry was opened in the 1930s to provide access to the main slate vein higher up the mountain.
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Famous quotes containing the word quarry:
“Come see the north wind’s masonry.
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)