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Name:Admiralty Quarries ('Convict') Stone Yard, Portland
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO19745
Last edited:Sep 26 2007 4:19AM


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Summary

Large stone yard with rail sidings, travelling crane and long narrow sheds, on 1901 map. Built since 1889 and gone by 1929. Part of convict quarries establishment.

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO10252 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1901. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11.
<2>SDO10250 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1889. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11.
<3>SDO10242 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1929. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, sheet LVIII.11.

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