Pwll Vivian, Gwynedd

A Blondin Conveyance at Vivian Quarry

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Named after the famous French tight-rope artiste, Charles Blondin, who walked across the Niagara Falls on a wire, a Blodin conveyance was a wire rope stretched across a pit with a carriage for wagons to attach to. This allowed the wagons to be raised and lowered.

Uploaded to Geograph by Eric Jones on 16 March 2010

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