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Brathay Quarry
| Location: |
Ambleside
11½ miles [18 km] WNW of Kendal
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 90) NY357017, 54° 24' 24" N, 2° 59' 27" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1920s - Arthur Jackson (Builder) |
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1980s - Burlington Slate Ltd. |
| Output: |
1896 - Slate. |
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1897 - Slate. |
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1905 - Slate. |
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1922 - Slate. |
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1984 - Slate. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 2 |
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1897 - 4 |
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1905 - 10 (4 below, 6 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 Brathay Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Brathay 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
Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Burlington Blue-Grey: A History of the Slate Quarries, Kirkby-in-Furness by R Stanley Geddes published by the Author 1975; 2nd ed pub 1991; ISBN 0 9504785 0 4
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