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Fluorspar days

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:37:43 +0000

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A relic of the fluorspar extraction from mine hillocks in the Great Longstone area of Derbyshire. The spar was lowered down an inclined plane with the rope passing around this wheel with brake wheel above.

Bibbington's blue pool

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:01:53 +0000

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Samuel Bibbington operated quarries and limekilns around Dove Holes. His Victory Quarry was connected by a tramroad, running under the (now) A6 road, to a limeworks with a long bank of kilns alongside the railway just south of Dove Holes station. The quarry has been closed for many years and the limeworks site has been landscaped and planted with trees. This has not stopped the runoff of lime rich water from the waste tips and this now collects in this pool adjacent to the A6.

Native Carvings

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:11:48 +0000

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Local art discovered in a stone yard whilst on an expedition at Langton Matravers, Dorset.

Ynysypandy slab mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:44:35 +0000

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The Ynysypandy slab mill only had a working life of 10 or 11 years as the Gorseddau quarry that supplied it with slate closed in 1867. This massive structure is now a scheduled ancient monument. The distant remains of the quarry can be dimly seen above the tramway embankment to the right of the building.

Hindlow Quarry

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:24:19 +0000

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A large modern limestone quarry plant near Buxton