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Showing nearest 50 of 7,228 images tagged with top:Quarrying, Mining tag near SJ4874.
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Entrance to Helsby Quarry Nature Reserve
by Jeff Buck geograph for square SJ4874 Entrance to the southern part of Helsby Quarry from Sandy Lane.
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Footpath in Helsby Quarry
by Sue Adair geograph for square SJ4874 Helsby Quarry Woodland Park was once a working quarry called Mountskill... (more)
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Sandstone Outcrop at Helsby Quarry (Mountskill Quarry)
by Jeff Buck geograph for square SJ4874 Wikipedia Link
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Helsby Quarry
by Jeff Buck for square SJ4874 The nearby information board explains that the rock wall which these... (more)
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Helsby (Mountskill) Quarry
by Jeff Buck for square SJ4874 The nearby information board explains that this rock wall is part of the... (more)
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Helsby Quarry, The Wall Exposier
by Jeff Buck for square SJ4974 The information board explains that this rock wall is part of the Helsby... (more)
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Helsby Quarry Sign
by Jeff Buck for square SJ4974 The sign in the car park at Helsby Quarry nature reserve.
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The cliff at Runcorn Hill
by Ian Greig geograph for square SJ5081 Originally a sandstone quarry
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Quarry near Norley
by Dave Dunford geograph for square SJ5673 Sand quarry.
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Quarryside footpath
by Dave Dunford geograph for square SJ5673 Leading towards Norley Hall.
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Rabbit warren, Norley
by Dave Dunford geograph for square SJ5673 The local rabbits seem to find the well-drained sandy banks of this... (more)
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Quarry near Norley
by Dave Dunford geograph for square SJ5673 From the footpath leading through the quarries into the Weaver valley.
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Former quarry in Willington Woods
by David Smith geograph for square SJ5366 There are several former quarries in the woods; this is one of the larger ones
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Disused Quarry, Pex Hill
by David Dixon geograph for square SJ5088 |
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Looking Down into Pex Hill Quarry
by David Dixon geograph for square SJ5088 |
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Pex Hill Quarry
by David Dixon geograph for square SJ5088 |
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Path through Pex Hill Quarry
by David Dixon geograph for square SJ5088 |
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Pex Hill Quarry
by David Dixon geograph for square SJ5088 |
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Pex Hill Quarry
by David Dixon geograph for square SJ5088 |
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Entrance to the former Cronton Colliery site
by Peter Bond geograph for square SJ4789 Tags:
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Sutton Manor Colliery - small compressor
by Chris Allen for square SJ5190 This cross compound steam engine driving an air compressor was built by... (more)
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Sutton Manor Colliery - the '10,000' compressor
by Chris Allen for square SJ5190 Compressed air was safe to use underground and many collieries once had... (more)
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Sutton Manor colliery site
by Paul Harrop geograph for square SJ5190 The former Sutton Manor colliery - now a public space and woodland. The... (more)
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Salt Mine main shaft
by John Harrison geograph for square SJ6568 Meadowbank Salt Mine from the footpath along the River Weaver
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Main shaft at salt mine in Winter
by John Harrison geograph for square SJ6568 View across the Weaver.
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Ashton Flash
by Bryan Pready geograph for square SJ6674 Tags:
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Stockpile of road salt, Meadowbank Salt Mine
by John Harrison geograph for square SJ6568 The newly mined salt is a light colour. This salt goes all over the country.
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Frozen pond and large stockpile of road salt, Meadowbank Salt Mine
by John Harrison geograph for square SJ6567 Tags:
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Huge stockpile of road salt, Meadowbank Salt Mine
by John Harrison geograph for square SJ6567 These mountains are of thousands of tons of freshly mined salt ready to grit our roads
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At first sight this looks like a sand quarry but given the location it's probably a salt storage depot
by Dr Duncan Pepper geograph for square SJ6567 This is the (in)famous grit that we run out of every winter when it snows.
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Massive stockpile or road salt, Meadowbank Salt Mine
by John Harrison geograph for square SJ6567 Why doesn't the snow melt on top of all that salt!
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M62 crosses Sankey Brook
by Peter Whatley geograph for square SJ5891 Parapets on the opposite carriageway reveal the position.
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Winding wheel at entrance to Colliers Moss Common
by Raymond Knapman geograph for square SJ5494 An old pit shaft wheel used as an entrance to the site of Bold Colliery.... (more)
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Colliers Moss Common
by Raymond Knapman geograph for square SJ5494 Track and path crossing on the landscaped site of Bold Colliery
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A530 at the entrance to Storengy
by Peter Whatley geograph for square SJ6970 Storengy is the firm developing the Stublach Gas Storage Project, a... (more)
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Croxton Flash north-west of Middlewich, Cheshire
by Roger Kidd geograph for square SJ6967 Many shallow "lagoons" in this area, locally called flashes,... (more)
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Plant for Holford gas project
by Stephen Craven geograph for square SJ7070 Category: Public utility works One of several surface installations in the area serving this large utility project.
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Surface plant for the Holford gas storage project
by Stephen Craven geograph for square SJ7169 Category: Public utility works One of several surface installations in the area, that give little... (more)
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Field pond at Kenyon
by John Boothby geograph for square SJ6295 Field pond in advanced vegetational succession. Of the c. 25,000 ponds in... (more)
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The Miner's Welfare Institute in Llay near Wrexham
by Jeremy Bolwell geograph for square SJ3256 A magnificent example of a miner's welfare hall.
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Coal dram outside Llay Miner's Welfare Institute
by Jeremy Bolwell for square SJ3256 A bunch of flowers have been placed on top of this dram, sited to... (more)
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The Miners Welfare Institute, Llay
by Eirian Evans geograph for square SJ3255 Built in 1930, this was the biggest institute in the country built with... (more)
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The rear of the Miner's Welfare Institute at Llay
by Jeremy Bolwell geograph for square SJ3255 A bowling green sits immediately behind the building.
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Middlewich, saltworks
by Mike Faherty geograph for square SJ7164 Category: Works The British Salt works, next to Trent and Mersey Canal.... (more)
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Brine pump
by Stephen Craven geograph for square SJ7061 Category: Pump One of many pumps situated at about 150m intervals in this area for brine... (more)
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Entrance to Llay Quarry
by Eirian Evans geograph for square SJ3255 Tags:
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A peep over the hedge at Rixton claypits (with cranes)
by Antony Dixon geograph for square SJ6890 This pit is still being worked - the far crane is busy loading a lorry.
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Rixton Clay Pits Nature Reserve
by Alan Murray-Rust geograph for square SJ6890 Looking across the main lake to the brickworks.
The reserve (classified... (more)
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Clay beds in a former clay pit
by Alan Murray-Rust geograph for square SJ6890 Extraction of clay has revealed a fine set of alternating grey and red... (more)
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View towards a hill of mining waste near Wrexham
by Jeremy Bolwell geograph for square SJ3354 A rare sight these days, a large remnant of our industrial heritage, but... (more)
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