Quarry Collection

Titterstone Quarry EAW020122
Titterstone Quarry, Clee Hill, Shropshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1948

Dhustone EAW020127
Dhu Stone Quarries, Clee Hill, Shropshire. Photographed from the south-west by Aerofilms Ltd in 1948

Bristol 156 Beaufighter IV a quartet in quest of their quarry Just under 6, 000 Beaufighters were to be built

Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of the granite (or syenite) district viewed from Swithland Old Slate Quarry, including Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Leicestershire

Mormons cutting stone for their temple, Utah
Quarrying stone for the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Man at work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A man at work, 150 feet up on the main face of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Splitting Slates
A workman uses a hammer and chisel to split slates in the biggest slate quarry in the world at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales

Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, looking north-east towards Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill and Mountsorrel, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

General view of Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A general view of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, soon to be changed for ever with the construction of a new dam

Penrhyn quarry, the largest slate quarry in Wales, Bethesda, Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Cwmorthin Quarry, Gwynedd, north Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Rano Raraku, the quarry site for all moai statues on Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) (Rapa Nui), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chile, South America

Aerial image of China Clay (Kaolin) Quarries, St. Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bingham Canyon copper mine, largest man-made hole in the world, United States of America, North America

Wheal Coates Mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blocks being cut in a marble quarry used by Michaelangelo, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Chuqui open-pit copper mine, 4km long, 720m d eep, trucks each carrying 300t of ore, Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, South America

Close-up of moai heads still within the crater from where they were quarried and carved at Rano Raraku on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chile, Pacific, South America

General view of Porthoustock, St Keverne, Cornwall. 1908
General view of the east side of the beach and village, with boats on the shore. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Moai sculptures in various stages of completion at Rano Raraku, the quarry site for all moai on Easter Island, Rapa Nui National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Easter Island (Isla de Pascua)

Quarry Hill Flats, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, were modelled on the Karl Marx Hof flats in Vienna, Austria. The steel frame and concrete clad buildings were demolished 1978 Date: built late 1930s

Southern Railway Ratcatcher
Official Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924

Granite Quarry, New Hampshire, USA - Chanelling Date: circa 1909

The Construction of a Road, 1774 (oil on canvas) (see also 695016)
XIR13025 The Construction of a Road, 1774 (oil on canvas) (see also 695016) by Vernet, Claude Joseph (1714-89); 97x162 cm; Louvre, Paris

Hawkstone Hounds
circa 1905: The Hawkstone Otter Hounds search for their quarry near a tree trunk in the river. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Miners at the Coal Face Victorian period

Apprentice splitting slate, Delabole Quarry, Cornwall
An apprentice splitting a slate at the Delabole Quarry in North Cornwall. Slate has been mined in the area since the middle ages

Chalk Downland - In old quarry with Common Spotted Orchids & Birds Foot Trefoil. Toller, Dorset, UK
ROG-9091 DORSET, Chalk Downland - in old quarry with Common Spotted Orchids (Dactylorhiza fuchii) and Birds Foot Trefoil. Toller, Dorset, UK

Opencast Mining at Vieille Montagne, Saone et Loire, c. 1854 (w / c on paper
CHT290526 Opencast Mining at Vieille Montagne, Saone et Loire, c.1854 (w/c on paper) (detail of 168609) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Open-cast Mines at Blanzy, Saone-et-Loire, 1857 (w / c on paper)
CHT169966 Open-cast Mines at Blanzy, Saone-et-Loire, 1857 (w/c on paper) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris; (add.info.: mines de Blanzy)

Advert, John More & Sons, Quarry Masters, Airdrie
Advert for John More & Sons, Quarry Masters, Airdrie, Scotland. 1905

La Calamine, La Vieille Montagne, Opencast mining, Massif de Dolomie, 1857 (w / c on paper)
CHT383155 La Calamine, La Vieille Montagne, Opencast mining, Massif de Dolomie, 1857 (w/c on paper) by Bonhomme, Ignace Francois (1809-81); CNAM, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers

Granite Quarries, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
Sketch of Granite Quarries, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, viewed from the rocks near Buddon Wood, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of quarrying (probably granite) at Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Swithland, Leicestershire, with granite and slate quarries
Sketch of the Swithland area of Leicestershire, with granite at the top of Kinchley Hill, a small quarry to the right, Buddon Wood (granite) to the right, and Charnwood Forest (slate) to the left

Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire
Sketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859

Marble quarry used by Michaelangelo, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Old millstones left at quarried edge of gritstone (millstone grit), Stanage Edge, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890s
Selection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Protest, Lanlivery, Cornwall. 1993
Opponents of the proposed re-opening of a granite quarry marched between Lanlivery and Luxulyan armed with a 40 foot banner Luxulyan Valley say no quarry and led by a Cornish bagpiper

Calcite, Ball Eye Mine, Cromford, Derbyshire, England
Calcite, dog-tooth spar variety. This specimen was drawn for Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh (1797, Volume 1, Plate 20)

Tribute - The Quarry. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration. From the middle of the 1920s

Mountsorrel Quarry 33500_010
Mountsorrel Quarry, a granite quarry renowned for its distinctive pink rock, Leicestershire, 2018

Breedon on the Hill EPW062142
The Breedon Lime Works and the Priory Church of St Mary & St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, 1939

Broughton Moor Slate Quarry 28871_006
Broughton Moor Slate Quarry, Cumbria, 2016. SD2594

China Clay Works ALB93_05_127
Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. A view showing a launcher used to transport the clay stream to a sump

China Clay Works ALB93_05_131
Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. A view looking across the pit towards the engine house from which the slurry pump is

China Clay Works ALB93_05_130
Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. General view showing the slurry pump at Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works

China Clay Works ALB93_05_129
Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. General view showing the sand pits and launcher at Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works

Ex Cava di Bauxite, Otranto district, Puglia, Italy

A Ruston-Bucyrus 25-RB steam navvy loading side-tipping wagons, hauled by 0-6-0 tank locomotive 'Pelican' at Hessle Quarry

Portland Prison Dorset, 1884
3479344 Portland Prison Dorset, 1884; (add.info.: Portland Prison Dorset Convicts working in the stone quarries. The prisoners were given education classes in the evening)

Convicts working, 1888
3479343 Convicts working, 1888; (add.info.: Convicts working in the stone quarries on the island of Portland. Dated 15th December 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG

An engraving depicting Plymouth Harbour viewed from Mount Edgcumbe and showing John Rennie's breakwater
5310709 An engraving depicting Plymouth Harbour viewed from Mount Edgcumbe and showing John Rennie's breakwater. Its purpose was to make the strategically vital harbour at Plymouth into a safe

Quarry in Grange, Australia
3561637 Quarry in Grange, Australia by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Grange, Australia / Oceania 1890 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

Cableway of the Liconi mine, Cogne, Valle D'Aosta
3563060 Cableway of the Liconi mine, Cogne, Valle D'Aosta; (add.info.: Cogne 1915 ca. Photographer: Fot. Dall'Armi, Torino); Alinari Archives, Florence

An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales, 19th century
5310738 An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1815); Universal History Archive/UIG

Extraction of marble at the quarries of Carrara, Italy, c.1900 (glass plate, silver salt gelatin)
3557571 Extraction of marble at the quarries of Carrara, Italy, c.1900 (glass plate, silver salt gelatin) by Unknown photographer

An engraving depicting a sectional view of Portland, showing the position of Portland Freestone which was quarried for
5310731 An engraving depicting a sectional view of Portland, showing the position of Portland Freestone which was quarried for building

An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales. Three explosive charges were detonated
5310732 An engraving depicting a slate quarry in North Wales. Three explosive charges were detonated. Illustrated by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1792-1864) a topographical watercolour artist

Engraving after a Bas-relief depicting an Assyrian King superintending the removal of a colossal statue of a bull
5309093 Engraving after a Bas-relief depicting an Assyrian King superintending the removal of a colossal statue of a bull from the quarries to be set up in its final position; (add.info)

Convicts working, 1884
3479345 Convicts working, 1884; (add.info.: Convicts working in the stone quarries Portland, Dorset. 31st May 1884.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Copper mine or quarry, near Montreal, 1860 (engraving)
1579646 The Copper mine or quarry, near Montreal, 1860 (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Copper mine or quarry, near Montreal, Canada. Dated 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Kirosskii quarry, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Kirosskii quarry, 1915

The British Association at Bath: the village and quarries at Holwell, near Bath, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The British Association at Bath: the village and quarries at Holwell, near Bath, 1864. Two hundred persons, on Saturday, accompanied Mr. C

Delabole Slate Quarry in Cornwall, is one of the largest Quarries in England. Floors and roofing are the main things for which the skate is used. The quarry goes down to a depth of 500 feet

Killaloe Slate Quarry at Portroe, Nenagh, Ireland. 27th June 1929

Penlee stone quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Rock-boring machine driven by compressed air drilling a hole for an explosive charge

Blaenau Ffestiniog is a historic mining town in the historic county of Merionethshire, Wales, 13th May 1968

Dark red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens ), a rare orchid. 90% of the British population grow at this old quarry at Bishop Middleham, County Durham, England, UK. July

Harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) growing in disused limestone quarry. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August

Granite Quarries, Trawool, Victoria, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Granite Quarries, Trawool, Victoria, 1901. Trawool in central Victoria, on the middle reaches of the Goulburn River, first explored by Hume and Hovell in 1824, was later settled as a sheep station

Cornwallis Cave, Yorktown, Virginia, USA. This cavern, created by stone quarrying for building material, was once believed to be the grotto into which British General Cornwallis retreated to avoid

Cragg Quarry 35134_037
Cragg Quarry, Cowpe Moss, Lancashire, 2021

Kettleness quarries 34113_012
Former alum quarries and jet workings at Kettleness, North Yorkshire, 2019

Kettleness quarries 34113_013
Former alum quarries and jet workings at Kettleness, North Yorkshire, 2019

Melbur China Clay Works 33707_001
Melbur China Clay Works, Cornwall, 2018

Swithland Reservoir 33499_042
Swithland Reservoir Water Works and Mountsorrel Quarry, Leicestershire, 2018

Cotswold Farm Park 33279_043
Cotswold Farm Park, Gloucestershire, 2016. BBC Countryfile

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_047
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_037
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_040
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Ribblehead Viaduct 28978_053
Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct on the Settle - Carlisle Railway, North Yorkshire, 2018

Europe, Italy, Tuscany. The active marble quarry Gioia seen from above

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"Unveiling the Hidden Beauty: Exploring the World of Quarries" Titterstone Quarry EAW020122: A glimpse into the rugged charm of this quarry, where nature and industry coexist in harmony. Dhustone EAW020127: Delving into the depths of this ancient quarry, revealing its historical significance and timeless allure. Buddon Wood, Mountsorrel, Swithland, Leicestershire: Discovering a tranquil oasis amidst the bustling quarries, where nature thrives against all odds. Bristol 156 Beaufighter IV - A Quartet in Quest of Their Quarry: Unraveling an intriguing tale behind these aircrafts on a mission to conquer their target with precision. Mormons Cutting Stone for Their Temple, Utah: Witnessing the dedication and craftsmanship as Mormon settlers shape stone from local quarries to build their sacred place of worship. Man at Work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales: Capturing a moment frozen in time as a determined worker labors tirelessly amidst towering cliffs and cascading slate debris. Penrhyn Quarry - The Largest Slate Quarry in Wales: Marveling at the sheer magnitude and grandeur of this monumental site nestled within Snowdonia's breathtaking landscape. Buddon Wood, Kinchley Hill, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire: Embarking on an enchanting journey through lush woodlands that conceal remnants of past quarry activities beneath their verdant canopy. General View of Dinorwig Slate Quarry - A Glimpse Into Industrial Majesty: Beholding an awe-inspiring panorama that showcases both man-made ingenuity and Mother Nature's resilience side by side. Splitting Slates - Unleashing Artistry From Within Earth's Layers: Observing skilled craftsmen delicately splitting slates to reveal their hidden beauty while preserving their natural integrity.