2007

SW9854 : Blackpool Pit

taken 16 years ago, near to Hornick, Cornwall, England

Blackpool Pit
Blackpool Pit
A view into the abyss that is one of the Imerys china clay works near St Austell.

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"The granite is broken down by water pressure into its constituents quartz, mica and the feldspar from which clay derives."

"Today clay is used in the manufacture of far more products than the ceramics for which William Cookworthy first exploited Cornwall's geology more than 250 years ago."

"Before you even leave the house in the morning, you've used or touched products that include clay."

"From the plastic light switch by the bed and the paint on the walls, to the ceramics in the bathroom and the toothpaste and medicines in the cupboard, and from the rubber cable on the kettle to the coating on the cereal packet, they all contain clay."

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Category: Clay pits
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SW9854, 13 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jonathan Billinger   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 3 October, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 4 October, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 983 545 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:21.3954N 4:50.1895W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 983 549
View Direction
SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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