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Bowscar Quarry |
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Bowscar Quarry
| Location: |
Penrith
14½ miles [23 km] WSW of Alston
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 90) NY522343, 54° 42' 5" N, 2° 44' 31" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1920s - Robinson Brothers |
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1980s - Cumbria Stone Quarries Ltd. |
| Output: |
1896 - Sandstone. |
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1897 - Sandstone. |
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1905 - Sandstone. |
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1922 - Sandstone. |
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1984 - Sandstone. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 8 |
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1897 - 4 |
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1905 - 3 (1 below, 2 surface) |
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1922 - 2 |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
No names found.
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowscar Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bowscar Quarry
Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
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