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Threlkeld Quarry (Granite)
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| Location: | nr. Keswick 20½ miles [33 km] SSW of Carlisle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 90) NY328242, 54° 36' 30" N, 3° 2' 26" W |
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| Owners: | 1920s - Threlkeld Granite Co. Ltd. |
| 1980s - ARC | |
| Output: | 1896 - Granite. |
| 1897 - Granite. | |
| 1905 - Granite. | |
| 1922 - Granite. | |
| 1984 - Igneous rock. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 194 (102 below, 92 surface) |
| 1897 - 204 (88 below, 116 surface) | |
| 1905 - 187 (38 below, 149 surface) | |
| 1922 - 73 (14 below, 59 surface) |
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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
No names found.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Threlkeld Quarry (Granite)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Threlkeld Quarry (Granite)
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Gallery Images:
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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
Pictures:
- Mine & Quarry Engineering
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section for Threlkeld Quarry |
| | Article from Mine & Quarry Engineering (June 1954) — "Threlkeld Quarry" |
| | Article from Mine & Quarry Engineering (May 1954) — "Threlkeld Quarry" |
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