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Mountsorrel

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:47:38 +0000

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Primary stone processing buildings at the Lafarge (now Tarmac) granite quarry at Mountsorrel.

Hardendale kilns

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:03:02 +0000

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Four Maerz PFR (parallel flow regenerative shaft kiln) limekilns at the Tata Steel operated Hardendale Quarry at Shap. A Maerz kiln can process up to 800 tons of burnt lime per day.

These kilns are currently mothballed whilst the Port Talbot steelworks is remodelled with electric arc melting technology.

Shap Beck

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:43:38 +0000

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The Shap Beck Quarry received a new plant in 1999 and since 2009 supplies around 650,000 tonnes of crushed kiln feed limestone from Shap Beck to Shap Fell processing plant nearby (Tata steel) and used in the large scale production of lime for steelmaking. The quarry also supplies around 300,000 to local and regional markets and has an on-site plant for making asphalt for road surfacing. There are 21 people employed directly and the quarry supports a further 30 jobs for drivers and contractors. The site extends to 118 hectares and is now operated by Heidelberg Materials

Asphalt

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:33:05 +0000

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A section of the asphalt plant at the Lafarge (now Tarmac) granite quarry at Mountsorrel.

Vollert

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:58:19 +0000

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'High Peak' is a Co-Co diesel hydraulic shunter built by Vollert (O2/013 2013) and operated by Tarmac plc at Tunstead Quarry. It is one of only two Vollert built locos imported into the UK. Behind is one of the three 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic locomotives at Tunstead.

The old kilns

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:50:10 +0000

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The shaft limekilns at Tunstead quarry before recladding. Six of these eight kilns have been in use for around 90 years.

Brierlow

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:32:00 +0000

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Spencer type limekilns at Beswicks Limeworks, Brierlow near Buxton in 1909.

Rheinkalk Werk Hönnetal

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:03:47 +0000

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Three limekilns at the Lhoist operated Rheinkalk Werk Hönnetal, Oberrödinghausen. One rotary kiln and a pair of Maerz type kilns. Around 200 people currently work in the quarry, kilns, processing plant, and in administration. Approximately 800,000 tons of quicklime and around 900,000 tons of unburnt limestone products are produced annually.

Crushing

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:03:36 +0000

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A happy afternoon some years ago exploring an old abandoned stone quarry which yielded lots of old machinery quietly rusting and rotting away. Here two crushers sit side-by-side, both made by Robert Broadbent & Son Ltd., Phoenix Ironworks, Stalybridge. On the left is a jaw crusher of the Blake's patent type for primary crushing of larger pieces of rock. To the right is a roll crusher designed to break smaller pieces of rock down to cubes for roads and paths etc. I think that the remains below the crushers might have included some form of rotary screen but the decay of the various parts made it difficult to be sure.

Grin

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 06:25:50 +0000

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Grinlow above Buxton saw an extensive limeburning industry develop in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. By the second half of the latter century the kilns were leased by the Duke of Devonshire to the Brock family who continued to operate them until 1789. From then on into the first quarter of the nineteenth century the Duke appears to have managed the limeworks directly as part of his estates. The hill is covered in the remains of the industry and one of these 18th century earthen kilns is prominent in the foreground of this view looking up to Solomon's Temple. On average these kilns would have been operated for seven months each year.

Excavation

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 06:40:26 +0000

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This beast lurks within a small quarry near Hazelbadge Hall abover Bradwell.

Dove Holes

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:18:48 +0000

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Dove Holes quarry is operated by Cemex and ships out vast quantities of limestone by road and rail. The quarry is an amalgamation of the earlier Holderness and Newline quarries both of which have been lowered to the water table. Recent developments have seen the quarry expand northwards into the Bee Low area. There is a large area of fixed plant for crushing and screening the stone. The stone is taken by conveyor from the tipping dock and primary crusher to a stockpile under the gantry to the right of centre.

Whitwell Quarry

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 05:38:34 +0000

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The high purity dolomitic limestone extracted at the Tarmac operated Whitwell quarry is burned in the rotary kilns of the adjoining lime processing plant (operated by Lhoist) for use in refractory products and steel manufacture. There are only two quarries in the UK that produce limestone which is suitable for these specialist uses and both quarries are recognised sources of national importance of this mineral. Other grades of limestone present at the quarry that is not suitable for use in the kilns is used principally to produce agricultural lime and aggregates.

Graig Quarry

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:34:43 +0000

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Storage bins alongside the tarmacadam plant at the Lafarge operated Graig Quarry, Llanarmon.

Bryn Mawr

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:52:26 +0000

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The modern quarry tends to use mobile plant for crushing and screening rather than expensive fixed equipment. This is Bryn Mawr limestone quarry at Holywell Common.

Conveyors

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:22:46 +0000

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Conveyor systems and secondary crusher tower at Pentre Halkyn Quarry. The annual output here is about 1 million tonnes of stone.

Anston kiln

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 06:13:30 +0000

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Remains of one of several large circular intermittent limekilns at Anston Quarry to the west of Worksop. The 1890 OS map shows six of these kilns here and five in 1916. This quarry was a large operation with a siding connection to the main line railway.

Drum house

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 05:25:03 +0000

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Winding drum house at the top of the No.43 incline of the Penmaenmawr granite quarries, Bottom Bank, East Quarry. The drum is c6ft in diameter and held a one inch diameter rope. The incline, which was opened in 1899-1905, was closed in 1961.

Coastal crane

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 23 May 2025 05:49:01 +0000

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Sandholes Quarry on the Isle of Portland retains a crane that was once used to load stone blocks onto coastal vessels.

Portland Stone

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 14 May 2025 17:08:33 +0000

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Albion Stone plc has operated its Portland stone quarries for many years and now extracts high quality stone from mines at the Jordans / Bowers complex and most recently from the new Stonehills Mine. The stone processing sheds and stockyard are seen here on the site of the Independent Quarry to the north of Easton.