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Cornforth Quarry
| Location: |
Cornforth
5½ miles [9 km] SSE of Durham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 93) NZ317347, 54° 42' 22" N, 1° 30' 29" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1980s - Tarmac |
| Output: |
1922 - Limestone. |
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1984 - Limestone. |
| Employment: |
1922 - 20 (15 below, 5 surface) |
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 Cornforth Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Cornforth Quarry
Credits
Sources:
- 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
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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