	Applethwaite Quarry	Index	Applethwaite Quarry

Applethwaite Quarry

Location:	Troutbeck 9 miles [14 km] NW of Kendal
Map Ref:	(Sheet 90) NY423034, 54° 25' 21" N, 2° 53' 22" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - George H. Pattinson
Output:	1883 - Slate.
	1884 - Slate.
	1888 - Green Slate.
	1890 - Green Slate.
	1896 - Slates.
	1897 - Slates.
	1905 - Slate.
Employment:	1883 - 6
	1896 - 21 (10 below, 11 surface)
	1897 - 21 (12 below, 9 surface)
	1905 - 7 (3 below, 4 surface)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Airey, Joseph, 09 May 1897, (accident: 29 Apr 1897), aged 45, Labourer, He was startled by a fall of stone, and jumped off a ledge on which he was standing a distance of eight feet and broke his ankle. Blood poison set in, and he died on May 9th

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Applethwaite Quarry

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Applethwaite Quarry

Credits

Sources:

1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Quarries
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks