http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/tags/quarry/ Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:47 -0800 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:47 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3492/buddyicons/43956756@N08.jpg?1293918595#43956756@N08 http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/tags/quarry/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183282407/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183282407/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8183282407_872fa819b4_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:47 -0800 2012-10-06T16:33:52-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183282407 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183281729/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183281729/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8203/8183281729_fdacddce7d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:48 -0800 2012-10-06T16:34:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183281729 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183317662/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183317662/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8183317662_1bf17a03d1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:50 -0800 2012-10-06T16:36:58-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183317662 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183315988/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183315988/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8069/8183315988_8cdafae7ee_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:51 -0800 2012-10-06T16:37:46-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183315988 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183319134/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183319134/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8183319134_b6286c713a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:49 -0800 2012-10-06T16:34:42-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183319134 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183279067/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183279067/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8183279067_a73d1b2b3a_m.jpg" width="240" height="153" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:50 -0800 2012-10-06T16:36:53-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183279067 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183277521/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183277521/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8488/8183277521_47f5fba90c_m.jpg" width="240" height="174" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:51 -0800 2012-10-06T16:37:07-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183277521 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183276065/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183276065/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8344/8183276065_7071d2fbf1_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:52 -0800 2012-10-06T16:37:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183276065 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183280777/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/8183280777/" title="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8183280777_9862e54ed0_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112" /></a></p> <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:46:49 -0800 2012-10-06T16:34:28-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8183280777 Cornwall Delabole Quarry sun was just not right to take this 061112 <p>© Liz Callan The Delabole slate quarry is one of the largest of its type in England and has run continuously since the 15th century making it the oldest working slate quarry in England. In the reign of Elizabeth I the five quarries on the site of the now larger pit assumed considerable importance delivering slate to Brittany and the Netherlands. In 1841 the five quarries combined to make the Old Delabole Slate Quarry.<br /> The Old Delabole Slate Quarry Ltd was liquidated in 1977 by the company's bankers. It was run under receivership by Rio Tinto Zinc until 1999 when a local management team bought it out. The quarry is now owned by a local family. In 1910, 500 people were employed at the quarry but this has since reduced to 80, the decline due to the availability of cheaper roofing materials e.g. Welsh slate or prefabricated tiles.<br /> Delabole Quarry was once the deepest man-made pit in the world, but this is no longer the case due to massive open cast mines and quarries in America and Australia.<br /> The quarry was connected to a narrow gauge railway worked by steam and diesel locomotives to assist in moving the slate: this is thought to have begun before 1834 and continued in use until after 1987.[8][9] The North Cornwall Railway provided a freight service from Delabole between 1893 and 1964 (passenger services ended in 1966).<br /> &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabole&quot;</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up cornwall quarry delabole http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671943502/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671943502/" title="Haughmond Hill Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5026/5671943502_951e990c81_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Haughmond Hill Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> <p>Greywacke and congolmerate formed in a shifting pattern of rivers on the coastal delta.<br /> Greywacke the rock on the left front - is a poorly sorted mixture of course angular sand grains surrounded by finer silt. use for road surfaces.<br /> The congolmerate on the bottom right is very course sedimentary rock made up of rounded pebbles held together in course grained sandstone. It is crushed as aggregate for roadstone and concrete. Used in the past for local buildings.</p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:42:27 -0700 2011-04-09T10:26:07-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671943502 Haughmond Hill Shropshire 160411 <p>Greywacke and congolmerate formed in a shifting pattern of rivers on the coastal delta.<br /> Greywacke the rock on the left front - is a poorly sorted mixture of course angular sand grains surrounded by finer silt. use for road surfaces.<br /> The congolmerate on the bottom right is very course sedimentary rock made up of rounded pebbles held together in course grained sandstone. It is crushed as aggregate for roadstone and concrete. Used in the past for local buildings.</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up shropshire stones hill quarry haughmond greywacke congolmerate http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671949288/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671949288/" title="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5262/5671949288_9f918c48ab_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:46:24 -0700 2011-04-09T10:36:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671949288 Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up truck volvo shropshire hill quarry haughmond http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671378045/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671378045/" title="Haughmond Hill Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5022/5671378045_6d0a33f732_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Haughmond Hill Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> <p>limestone layed</p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:43:31 -0700 2011-04-09T10:26:18-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671378045 Haughmond Hill Shropshire 160411 <p>limestone layed</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up shropshire hill limestone quarry haughmond http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671383271/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671383271/" title="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5110/5671383271_5d9cc6b93b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:47:09 -0700 2011-04-09T10:36:29-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671383271 Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up truck volvo shropshire hill quarry haughmond http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671379941/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671379941/" title="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5028/5671379941_8428604f9a_m.jpg" width="240" height="124" alt="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:44:50 -0700 2011-04-09T10:31:16-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671379941 Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up shropshire hill quarry haughmond http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671378931/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671378931/" title="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5067/5671378931_2974171600_m.jpg" width="240" height="116" alt="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:44:09 -0700 2011-04-09T10:31:05-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671378931 Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up shropshire hill quarry haughmond http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671381173/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5671381173/" title="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5063/5671381173_be8f234146_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411" /></a></p> Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:45:42 -0700 2011-04-09T10:34:48-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5671381173 Haughmond Hill Quarry Shropshire 160411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up truck volvo shropshire hill quarry haughmond http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5649578293/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5649578293/" title="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5106/5649578293_21fa387516_m.jpg" width="132" height="240" alt="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411" /></a></p> Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:12:29 -0700 2011-04-22T10:35:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5649578293 Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up water river dingle severn shrewsbury quarry http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5650141558/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5650141558/" title="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5190/5650141558_afb2815298_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411" /></a></p> Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:12:06 -0700 2011-04-22T10:33:54-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5650141558 Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up water river dingle severn shrewsbury quarry http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5649573479/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5649573479/" title="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5142/5649573479_5240fc5e74_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411" /></a></p> Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:11:00 -0700 2011-04-22T10:31:59-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5649573479 Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411 Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up water river dingle severn shrewsbury quarry http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5650125752/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/43956756@N08/">Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43956756@N08/5650125752/" title="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5146/5650125752_fc83b9592a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411" /></a></p> <p>Little Ben before he threw the ball in the river.</p> Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:07:16 -0700 2011-04-22T10:28:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5650125752 Quarry Dingle Shrewsbury 220411 <p>Little Ben before he threw the ball in the river.</p> Liz Callan Photography trying to catch up water river dingle severn shrewsbury quarry