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Utilising a wealth of rare and unpublished images from official archives, Cameron and Withey tell the story behind the development of the Honister Mine in the Lake District from the time of the Norman Conquest until today.Though the exact date that mining at the site begun is unknown, it was undoubtedly in operation shortly after the arrival of William the Conqueror. Slate was initially won by peeling it off the face of Honister Crag in large slabs or digging it out from the ground on hillside beyond the Crag where the slate-rock outcropped. Later, during Elizabethan times, skilled immigrant miners from the Tyrol taught native slate workers how to drive tunnels into the Crag to obtain slate from deeper underground. By the Victorian era operations had expanded considerably with large-scale underground mining under way. The many miles of rail track made the transport of slate much easier
Produkt Honister Slate Mine (Cameron Alastair)(Paperback / softback) má přiřazen EAN kód 9781445671994.
The remnants of slate mining and quarrying form as much a part of the Lakeland historic landscape as the stone walls, heathered moorlands and Lakeland farms do. A significant number of local families currently living in Lake District villages has had some connections with the slate industry in the
Returning to the universe of Revenger, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling tale set among the
Returning to the universe of Revenger and Shadow Captain, award-winning author Alastair Reynolds delivers another thrilling - Philip K. Dick Award nominated! - tale set among the
The Lake District mountains are full of mineral veins. Many have been discovered and worked over the past 1,000 years. Many still remain to be discovered. The last working metal-ore mine in the Lake District, the Force Crag Mine, closed in 1986. It is believed that mining commenced at Force Crag
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