Burlington Slate Mine

United Kingdom / England / Ulverston /
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Large slate quarry - Still in production.

www.burlingtonstone.co.uk
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_Slate_Quarries
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Coordinates:   54°14'45"N   3°9'19"W

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  • A big pit quarry. There used to be underground mining going on, but the old tunnels & chambers are now collapsed or quarried away (most). At the moment extraction is taking place at the bottom of the quarry, with the slate being brought out via a cutting.
  • Most of chambers were below quarry, or in hillside and were often opened to surface. But the tunnels still remain.
  • Still worked by Burlington, opencast - none of tunnels currently used for transport, almost all slate mines now collapsed.
  • no underground bits left... i think, but i can't be bothered to climb up the quarryface to get to all the tunnels....
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