Waterwheel at the National Slate Museum
Waterwheel at the National Slate Museum
Watermill
The 50-ft diameter suspension waterwheel, built in Caernarfon in 1870, provided power for the Dinorwic slate quarry workshops and ran until 1925. The wheel again turns, and the workshops and foundry are restored as one of the attractions at the National Slate Museum. One of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales. Café & gift shop. Slate splitting demonstrations, restored slate-...
Photograph © Jim Woodward-Nutt
Location
Grid reference:
SH 586 603
Town/city: Llanberis
OS sheet:
115
Postcode: LL55 4TY
Geocode: @53.1205873, -4.1152603 Open in Map
Off A4086 at Llanberis. Follow signs to Llyn Padarn Country Park.
Contact
Do you own or look after this mill? Contact us
Opening Times:
Daily, Easter to October, 10.00-17.00; November to Easter 10.00-16.00. Closed 23rd-29th December & 1st January.