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9 photos and 1 illustration tagged slate, from 7 members of Flickr Commons.

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• wales
• cymru
• unitedkingdom
• quarry
• industry
• stone
• mining
• wood
• glassnegative
• ireland
• nationallibraryofireland
• construction
• blackandwhitephotograph
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• fascinating
• wall
• debris
• blackandwhite
• monochrome
• britain
• 19thcentury
• 1800s
• victorian
• railway

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• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 2 photos & illustrations
• National Science and Media Museum 2 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 1 photo / illustration
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 1 photo / illustration
• Smithsonian Institution 1 photo / illustration
• British Library 1 photo / illustration

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A master model maker at Joseph L Thompson & Sons Ltd

from North East Museums

• Günther Huth, ( Thank you for visit ) said:

  First class Modell

Main St. Liscannor, Co. Clare

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 5 older comments, and then…
• Stuart said:

  Are those roofing slates in the foreground?

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Yes, they're probably Liscannor Stone which is quarried in the surrounding area. This was shipped by the quarries from Liscannor pier which is how the stone got the name.

• Thomondrow said:

  Liscannor Stone was most famous as flooring and paving. Killaloe slate was used for roofing. The streets of London were paved with Liscannor Stone. Also on very low tide you can see the hull of a ship laden with similar slabs half buried in the sand.

• Eileesh Buckley said:

  Liscannor stone was used for roofing some buildings around the area, there is one building in Lahinch which still has the big stones on the roof - the Cetlic T-shirt Shop.

• Niall McAuley said:

  The building with the sign on the right is a Smithy according to the Os 25 " map.

'Ffestiniog, Small Gauge Railway'

from National Science and Media Museum

• excellentzebu1050 said:

  Excellent

• Tashunka Witko (alias CP) said:

  documenti straordinari del progresso

• swanq said:

  Photochrom of same station from Library of Congress: