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| quarry, Waberthwaite | ||
| Eskdale Granite Quarry | ||
| Eskmeals Granite Quarry | ||
| locality:- | Woodgate | |
| civil parish:- | Waberthwaite (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | granite quarry | |
| locality type:- | quarry | |
| coordinates:- | SD11239438 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1194 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Postlethwaite 1877 (3rd edn 1913) item:- granite; concrete flags |
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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 157:- "On the opposite side of the Lake Country, and near the sea coast, is the Eskmeals Granite Company's Quarry, opened about 30 to 35 years ago. The output, consisting of granite kerbs, channels, setts, macadam, and crushed granite for footpaths, has reached a total of about 25,000 tons per annum. The Company has efficient machinery, consisting of Stonebreakers, Rotary Screens, Cubing Mills, Steam Loco. Cranes, Compressed Air Rock Drills, and Aerial Ropeway, the motive power being suction gas. Concrete Flags are also made, and some dressing and polishing is done." |
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| Glover, David: 2014: Quarries of Lakeland: Bookcase (Carlisle, Cumbria) |
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