Stainton Quarries

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Names of those killed at this colliery

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	Stainton Quarries	Index	Stainton Quarries

Location:	Dalton-in-Furness 3½ miles [5 km] NE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD245730, 54° 8' 50" N, 3° 9' 22" W
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Closed:
Pits:	Crown Quarry
	Devonshire Quarry
Owners:	1890's - Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd.
	1980s - Tilcon
Output:	1896 - Limestone.
	1897 - Limestone.
	1984 - Limestone.
Employment:	1896 - 107 (105 below, 2 surface)
	1897 - 86 (83 below, 3 surface)

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General view of the quarry face at Stainton

Plan showing the quarry face being worked, in relation to the crushing and screening plant, railway sidings and Stainton village

Offtake point from the compressed air main

The face <b>before</b> and after a primary blast

The face before and <b>after</b> a primary blast

Layout of typical blast and method of initiating up to ten holes

Connecting up a blast of more than ten holes

Ross chain feeder controlling the flow of stone from the reception hopper, to which it is brought from the quarry face by dump truck

Vickers-Armstrongs 56 in. by 30 in. primary jaw crusher

The secondary crushing unit at Stainton, a Vickers-Armstrongs 44 in. by 36 in. roll crusher

The Niagara D9 twin deck vibrating screen that grades the products from the secondary crusher

A view of the coke reception railway siding, ground hopper and belt feeding the kilns

General view of the kilns and their servicing arrangements

Stone being fed into a lime kiln from a 1 cu. yd. tipping truck

Garage facilities established for housing the fleet of quarry vehicles

The most recently installed unit for meeting increased pneumatic demands in the quarry, a Broom and Wade EH 241 compressor

New electrical sub-station, also showing the Fahr wheeled tractor that is used for internal duty throughout the quarry plant

Braithwaite, Joseph, 26 Apr 1906, aged 42, Quarryman [More information ...]

Robinson, James Henry, 31 May 1893, aged 26, fell from face of quarry when trying to escape a fall of rock, Buried: St Mary and St Michael's Churchyard, Great Urswick

Shaw, Joseph, 01 Jul 1899, aged 60, Quarryman, He was boring a pop hole in a loose block of limestone, when another loose stone which was resting on the first mentioned block canted over. The man fell in trying to get out of the way and the stone rolled on to his head [Inspection made & inquest attended]

White, Charles, 12 May 1911, aged 66, Quarryman, he was run over by the locomotive as he was clearing the tramway

4 names found

1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
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