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Waberthwaite Quarry

Location:	Waberthwaite 16 miles [26 km] NNW of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD112943, 54° 20' 11" N, 3° 21' 57" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1920s - Eskmeals Granite Co. Ltd.
Output:	1905 - Granite.
	1922 - Granite.
Employment:	1905 - 15 (5 below, 10 surface)
	1922 - 40 (25 below, 15 surface)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Tyson, Isaac, 19 Jan 1911, (accident: 28 Dec 1910), aged 43, Quarryman, a small piece of frozen soil fell from the top of the quarry and struck him on the neck while he was in a stooping position

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Waberthwaite Quarry

Credits

Sources:

1905 List of Quarries
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian