Description
| Product ID: | 9781871184518 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Welsh Slate: Archaeology and History of an Industry |
| Authors: | Author: David Gwyn |
| Page Count: | 292 |
| Subjects: | Industrialisation and industrial history, Industrialisation & industrial history, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques, Extractive industries, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Mining industry, Wales |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Slates from quarries in Wales once went to roof the world. By the late nineteenth century as many as a third of all the roofing slates produced worldwide came from Wales, competing with quarries in France and the United States. This book traces the history of the industry. Slates from quarries in Wales once went to roof the world. By the late nineteenth century as many as a third of all the roofing slates produced worldwide came from Wales, competing with quarries in France and the United States. This book traces the industry from its origins in the Roman period, its slow medieval development, to its massive expansion in the nineteenth century. |
| Imprint Name: | Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monum |
| Publisher Name: | Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-04-09 |
