- Delabole slate
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Slate — is a fine grained, foliated, , metamorphic rock derived from an original shale type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond … Wikipedia
Delabole — Coordinates: 50°37′19″N 4°43′59″W / 50.622°N 4.733°W / 50.622; 4.733 … Wikipedia
Slate industry — The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine . Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material… … Wikipedia
Narrow gauge slate railways in England — Narrow gauge railways were often deployed by the slate industry, due to their low cost of installation, operation, and easy relaying as quarrying developed. Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes Burlington Slate Quarries railway[1] [2] after… … Wikipedia
North Cornwall Railway — Map of the North Cornwall Railway system The North Cornwall Railway was a railway line running from Halwill in Devon to Padstow in Cornwall via Launceston, Camelford and Wadebridge, a distance of 49 miles 67 chains. Opened in the last decade of… … Wikipedia
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Killas — is a Cornish mining term for metamorphic rock strata of sedimentary origin which were altered by heat from the intruded granites in Cornwall, England.Origin of killasThe deposition of the killas strata is spread over the Devonian and… … Wikipedia
Church of Saint Laud — Church of Saint Laud, Mabe The 15th century tower of the Church of Saint Laud … Wikipedia