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    Oakeley quarry is a slate quarry in the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales. It was the largest underground slate mine in the world, and had 26 floors...
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    The Blaen y Cwm quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically...
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    Wrysgan quarry was a slate quarry near the village of Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Festiniog, North Wales. It was worked intermittently from the 1830s, and was...
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    The Penmachno quarry (also known as Cwm Machno quarry, Rhiwfachno quarry, or Tan-y-Rhiw quarry) was a slate quarry near Cwm Penmachno, Conwy, North Wales...
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  • Programming Research Limited (PRQA) was a United Kingdom-based developer of code quality management software for embedded software, which included the...
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  • The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and the island of Ireland. The sea has been a significant trade and communications barrier between the two islands...
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