Oakeley Quarry (Q7073825)

  • matcher place: Gwynedd (relation 77961), Ffestiniog (relation 297304), VC48 Merionethshire (relation 298875)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Ffestiniog, Ffestiniog Railway, Railway inclines in Wales, Slate mines in Gwynedd
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Oakeley quarry is a slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. It was the largest underground slate mine in the world, and had 26 floors spanning a vertical height of nearly 1,500 feet (460 m).

Summary from Cymraeg / Welsh Wikipedia (cywiki)

Chwarel lechi ym Mlaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Cymru, yw Chwarel yr Oakeley.

Wikidata location: 53.0032, -3.9483 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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quarry (Q188040) landuse=quarry
mine (Q820477) industrial=mine
subterranea (Q863404) location=underground

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Slate mines in Gwynedd landuse=quarry, gnis:feature_type=Mine, industrial=mine, man_made=mine, man_made=mineshaft