Moota Quarry
| Location: |
Cockermouth
15 miles [24 km] NE of Whitehaven
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 89) NY140363, 54° 42' 51" N, 3° 20' 6" W |
| Opened: |
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| Closed: |
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| Owners: |
1920s - Cockermouth Rural District Council |
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1980s - Bothel Limestone & Brick Co. |
| Output: |
1896 - Limestone. |
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1897 - Limestone. |
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1905 - Limestone. |
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1922 - Limestone. |
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1984 - Limestone. |
| Employment: |
1896 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1897 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1905 - 0 [Not worked] |
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1922 - 0 [Not worked during 1922] |
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 Moota Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Moota 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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