Basalt Quarrying On The Clee Hills Shropshire

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Basalt Quarrying On The Clee Hills Shropshire

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Author : Bernard O'Connor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-14

Basalt Quarrying On The Clee Hills Shropshire written by Bernard O'Connor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-14 with categories.

Thomas Telford, the Scottish road and bridge builder, knew enough about rocks to recommend that particularly hard basalt, locally known as dhu stone, which was found on the top of the Clee Hills in Shropshire would make a hard wearing and long lasting road material. The problem was extracting and transporting it. Railway engineers on the Shrewsbury to Ludlow railway successfully found investors and formed the Dhu Stone Quarry Company to construct a railway from Ludlow to Bitterley, a village just below Titterstone Clee. Geological surveys were undertaken and by 1867 an agreement had been signed with the landowner to open a quarry, labourers were employed to dig out the basalt and cut it into cobbles, the blocks used to pave roads, pavements, tramways, pedestrian areas, station forecourts, docks, wharves etc. An incline railway was constructed from Clee Hill on which trucks laden with stone were lowered to a goods yard at Bitterley and then transferred to the mainline to be sold in most metropolitan cities across England and Wales. Such were the profits to be made that, over the following decades, the Clee Hill Granite Company, was set up to exploit the basalt on the top of Titterstone Clee and Magpie Hill. A second incline and an aerial ropeway, the first of its kind, were constructed. The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors railway on the eastern side to the Clee Hills was needed to exploit the basalt on the Brown Clee so the Abdon Clee and Clee Burf Quarry Companies were established and a third incline installed. In the early 20th century massive reinforced concrete structures were erected on the hills to support the stone crushing equipment and concrete and asphalt works started in Ditton Priors. Thousands of men were employed, many migrating to the Clee Hills from other parts of Britain. Houses, pubs, shops, churches and chapels were built, roads improved and services like water, sewage and electricity followed. Victorian engineers, entrepreneurs and landowners helped stimulate the local economy in ways never seen before. Bernard O'Connor's 'Basalt Quarrying on the Clee Hills' is a documentary history using contemporary sources, documents, maps, photographs, newspaper articles, geological papers, local histories and websites to provide a fascinating account of the geological, social, economic, archaeological and environmental impact of this industry in southeast Shropshire.

The Significance And Social Impact Of Quarrying In Shropshire In The 19th And 20th Centuries

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Author : Robert S. Galloway
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-06-19

The Significance And Social Impact Of Quarrying In Shropshire In The 19th And 20th Centuries written by Robert S. Galloway and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-19 with History categories.

Quarrying is one of the oldest industries known to man, as, from early times, people have been making items from stone. However, the quarrying industry is only briefly mentioned in most archaeological and historical records, with some books only giving a passing account of this activity. This book alters this and provides an in-depth analysis of this important industry, not only with regards to Shropshire, but the whole country. Many structures in Shropshire and various parts of the country are constructed from stone quarried from this large county. This book shows that quarries are not just holes or scars on the landscape, highlighting the machinery used in extracting and processing the quarried minerals.

Records Of The Rocks Or Notes On The Geology Natural History And Antiquities Of North South Wales Devon Cornwall

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Author : William Samuel Symonds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872

Records Of The Rocks Or Notes On The Geology Natural History And Antiquities Of North South Wales Devon Cornwall written by William Samuel Symonds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Geology categories.

Records Of The Rocks

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Author : W. Symonds
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-03-13

Records Of The Rocks written by W. Symonds and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-13 with Fiction categories.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

The Quarry Managers Journal

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937

The Quarry Managers Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Quarries and quarrying categories.

Great War Britain Shropshire Remembering 1914 18

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Author : Janet Doody
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-09-08

Great War Britain Shropshire Remembering 1914 18 written by Janet Doody and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-08 with History categories.

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Shropshire offers an intimate portrayal of the county and its people living in the shadow of the 'war to end all wars'. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume, it describes local reaction to the outbreak of war; charts the experience of individuals who enlisted; the changing face of industry; the work of the many hospitals in the area; the effect of the conflict on local children; the women who defied convention to play a vital role on the home front; and concludes with a chapter dedicated to how the city and its people coped with the transition to life in peacetime once more. The Great War story of Shropshire is told through the voices of those who were there and is vividly illustrated through evocative images from the archives of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.

A Handbook Of The Industries Of The British Isles And The United States

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Author : G. Phillips Bevan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882

A Handbook Of The Industries Of The British Isles And The United States written by G. Phillips Bevan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Great Britain categories.

Shropshire

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Author : Augustus John Cuthbert Hare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

Shropshire written by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Shropshire (England) categories.

Transactions Of The Shropshire Archaeological And Natural History Society

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

Transactions Of The Shropshire Archaeological And Natural History Society written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Excavations (Archaeology) categories.

The Stones Of Britain

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Author : Richard Muir
language : en
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Release Date : 1986

The Stones Of Britain written by Richard Muir and has been published by Michael Joseph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Science categories.