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Elterwater Quarry (Green Slate)
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| Location: | Elterwater 14½ miles [23 km] WNW of Kendal |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 90) NY322048, 54° 26' 3" N, 3° 2' 40" W |
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| Owners: | 1880s - Elterwater Green Slate Co. Ltd. |
| 1980s - Burlington Slate Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1888 - Elterwater - Green Slate. |
| 1890 - Elterwater - Green Slate. | |
| 1984 - Slate. | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Elterwater Quarry (Green Slate) |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Barr, Alan, 17 Apr 1969, aged 22, Trainee rock worker, he was charging drilled holes with explosive when a 5/6 cwt slab of rock dislodged above him and fell 30 feet striking him on the shoulders and taking him down, he died soon afterwards from his injuries before a doctor reached the scene. Address: Bank End Cottage, near Sawrey, left a widow a young family | |||||
| Bowness, D. D., 24 May 1888, aged 40, Miner, while firing a series of blasts in the rock with tonite, he incautiously lighted an instantaneous firing fuse, and the blast took place before he had time to move out of the way | |||||
| Ralph, Thomas Fleming, 19 Jan 1877, aged 30, Slate Dresser, fall of a large piece of rock, which fell through the roof of the shed or workshop where the deceased and others were working | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elterwater Quarry (Green Slate)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Elterwater Quarry (Green Slate)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
- Contributions by members of the Public
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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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