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| Close Quarry, Embleton | ||
| Close Quarry | ||
| Embleton Quarry | ||
| locality:- | Seathwaite How | |
| locality:- | Embleton | |
| civil parish:- | Embleton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | granite quarry | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| coordinates:- | NY17493086 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1730 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) item:- granite |
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| source data:- | Book, Mines and Mining in the English Lake District, by John Postlethwaite, Keswick,
published by W H Moss and Sons, Whitehaven, Cumberland now Cumbria, 1877; published
1877-1913. goto sourcepage 158:- "In the northern part of English Lakeland, the Cumberland Granite Company's Quarry is being developed. It is situated a little to the west of the northern end of Bassenthwaite Lake, and although opened many years ago for building stone and road metal, used locally, it was not developed systematically until about three or four years ago. Now a Railway Siding has been provided, and some efficient machinery for breaking, crushing, and screening. The rock is especially suitable for breaking into setts, but the quarry is still in a state of development, and its full capacity has not yet been reached; therefore it would be unfair to give the present output for comparison with other quarries." |
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| Glover, David: 2014: Quarries of Lakeland: Bookcase (Carlisle, Cumbria) |
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