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Early electric

No.4 The Eclipse, the well-known steam to electric rebuild at JW Greaves & Son's Llechwedd slate quarries on 13 October 1977. Out of use by then, it is sitting in the yard at Main (No.5) Level, with a little BEV battery electric for company.

 

A Google Gemini AI colourisation of a black & white negative. I should add, however, that AI has added that rock outcrop in the right background, which I didn't initially notice. I will have to start again from scratch as a request to remove it only resulted in the addition of an extra shed.

 

Pentax SP1000/50mm

Ilford FP4

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Uploaded on June 23, 2026
Taken on June 23, 2026