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Threlkeld Granite Quarry
Hob Uid: 1466061
Location : Cumbria Allerdale St. John's Castlerigg and Wythburn
Grid Ref : NY3274124455
Summary : A micro-granite quarry which began production in the 1870s, initially to supply railway ballast for the Crewe-Carlisle railway line and produced a fwe hundred tons per year. Later improvements in the 1890s increased production to 80000 tons per annum to provide material for the construction of the Thirlmere Reservoir and for roadstone. The quarry ceased production in the 1980s and much of the quarry that remains date to its later phases. There is a crushing mill dating from the 1870s, and a later engine shed.
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Source details : The Quarrying Industries, 2000, Cumbria 6
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Opened 1870s
Monument End Date : 1879
Monument Start Date : 1870
Monument Type : Granite Quarry, Crushing Mill
Evidence : Earthwork, Ruined Building

Monument Period Name : Late 20th Century
Display Date : Ceased 1980s
Monument End Date : 1989
Monument Start Date : 1980
Monument Type : Granite Quarry, Earthwork, Inclined Plane, Spoil Heap
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External Cross Reference Number : NY 32 SW 22
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