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  Wall Town Quarry (Whinstone)  Index  Wall Town Quarry (Whinstone)  

Wall Town Quarry (Whinstone)


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Greenhead
12½ miles [20 km] NNW of Alston
Map Ref: (Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY670660, 54° 59' 15" N, 2° 30' 57" W
Opened:
Closed:
Output: 1922 - Igneous rock.
Employment: 1922 - 38 (29 below, 9 surface)
Notes:   Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Wall Town Quarry (Whinstone)


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Description


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Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.


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Names of those killed at this colliery

No names found.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wall Town Quarry (Whinstone)

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wall Town Quarry (Whinstone)


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Credits

Sources:

  • 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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