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Greenfoot Quarry
| Location: |
Stanhope
16 miles [25 km] S of Hexham
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 92, OL31) NY983392, 54° 44' 52" N, 2° 1' 35" W |
| Opened: |
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| Owners: |
1920's - R. Summerson & Co. Ltd. |
| Output: |
1922 - Igneous rock. |
| Employment: |
1922 - 32 (14 below, 18 surface) |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | | | | Barnes, Joseph S., 07 Jan 1904, aged 34, Quarryman, Bored a hole a distance of 12 feet. It had been fired three times before. He and his partner were putting a fourth charge of 40lb. in when the charge exploded and killed him. His partner was injured |
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1 name found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
 a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Greenfoot Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Greenfoot Quarry
Credits
Sources:
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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