点评:As an alternative to the stately homes and gardens, I went to the Inigo Jones Slateworks, just south of Caernarfon. Wales is the world‘s biggest producer of high-quality slate; demand has reduced by about 90%, but this place is still one of the leading slate workshops. The slateworks initial product was slates for schools and then moved into roof & building tiles, memorials, signage, garden items and commemorative products. They have a self guided audio tour, which is excellent and takes you through all the steps from receiving the slate to finishing/shipping it. You walk through their work yard and into various sheds with huge saws, sanders, planers and lettering machinery. It was amazing to see all the piles of slate waiting to be worked on and then all of the odds and ends and off cuts from pieces they already made. Very interesting and I’m glad I went.
翻译:为了避开那些气派的宅邸和花园,我去了位于卡那封南部不远的伊尼戈·琼斯板岩厂。威尔士是世界上最大的优质板岩产地;虽然需求量下降了约90%,但这家板岩厂仍然是领先的板岩加工厂之一。板岩厂最初生产学校用板岩,后来扩展到屋顶瓦、建筑瓦、纪念碑、标牌、园艺用品和纪念品。他们提供自助语音导览,非常棒,带你了解从接收板岩到加工/运输的每一个步骤。你可以穿过他们的工作场地,进入各种棚屋,里面摆放着巨大的锯子、砂光机、刨床和刻字机。看到堆积如山的板岩等待加工,以及他们已经加工好的板岩的边角料和剩余部分,真是令人惊叹。非常有趣,很高兴我去了那里。