Gilfach Ddu (also known as the Dinorwic Slate Quarry Workshops)[1][2] are a series of well-preserved Grade I listed industrial buildings built to serve the Dinorwic slate quarry[3] near Llanberis in Caernarfonshire, North Wales. The workshops compreise a complex of repair and maintenance buildings, that were built in 1870 to build and maintain the machinery used in the quarry.[4] The complex includes saw sheds, patternmaking shops, a foundry with cupola, blacksmiths shops, fitting shops, stores, engine sheds, a canteen, the chief engineer's house, a hand operated crane and two waterwheels which provided the site with its power.[4] Since 1972, the buildings have housed the National Slate Museum.[5]
- ^ "The quarry workshops at Gilfach Ddu". Country Life. Vol. 165. 1979. p. 856.
- ^ Gwyn, David (9 April 2015). Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry. Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales.
- ^ "The Slate Industry – Dinorwig Quarry". Peoples Collection Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ a b Cadw. "Dinorwic Slate Quarry Workshops (Welsh Slate Museum Buildings) (22656)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "National Slate Museum". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2021.