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Mine entrance DP143584Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, North Pennines. View along tunnel towards the mine entrance. This mine was in operation by the 1730s and was finally abandoned in 1958
Botallack Mine K021793BOTALLACK MINE, Cornwall. View of the mine buildings on cliff overlooking the sea
Crome - The Lime Kiln J020122ELTHAM PALACE, London. " The Lime Kiln" c1805/6 by John CROME (1768-1821). Purchased with support from the National Art Collections Fund
Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431Workers at Charwelton, Northamptonshire. Construction workers on Great Central Railway. The workers have a large steam engine for power
Reclaiming the course JLP01_08_08782Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE. A view of the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course following the completion of opencast mining on the site
Cragg Quarry 35134_037Cragg Quarry, Cowpe Moss, Lancashire, 2021
Kettleness quarries 34113_012Former alum quarries and jet workings at Kettleness, North Yorkshire, 2019
Kettleness quarries 34113_013Former alum quarries and jet workings at Kettleness, North Yorkshire, 2019
Mining PDA01_02_01_00001Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire. A miner operating a piece of machinery in Ladywash Mine near Eyam. The Ladywash Mine was originally opened as a fluorspar mine but is often
Melbur China Clay Works 33707_001Melbur China Clay Works, Cornwall, 2018
Mountsorrel Quarry 33500_010Mountsorrel Quarry, a granite quarry renowned for its distinctive pink rock, Leicestershire, 2018
Swithland Reservoir 33499_042Swithland Reservoir Water Works and Mountsorrel Quarry, Leicestershire, 2018
Reshaping the land JLP01_08_008795Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE. A view of scrapers at work during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course, following the completion of opencast mining on the site
Reshaping the land JLP01_08_008791Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE. A view of scrapers at work on a spoil heap during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course
Reclaiming the course JLP01_08_08786Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE
Reclaiming the course JLP01_08_08779Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE. A view of the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course following the completion of opencast mining on the site
Breedon on the Hill EPW062142The Breedon Lime Works and the Priory Church of St Mary & St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, 1939
Bentley Grange shaft mounds 20721_047Bentley Grange, Denby Dale, Kirklees, West Yorkshire. Shaft mounds formed as the spoil heaps of a series of pits used for iron ore mining
Low loader JLP01_08_001557Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. A Pickfords low loader transporting a W90 walking dragline excavator across the Tyne Bridge on its journey to Whitley Bay opencast coal site
Lime kilns and quarry 34002_021Smardale Gill lime kilns and quarry, Cumbria, 2018
Ballast for the M1 JLP01_08_053174NORTON, DAVENTRY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. Dowsett wagons in position ready to transport ballast, extracted from pits at Norton Park
Greatgate Quarry JLP01_08_054189GREATGATE QUARRY, CROXDEN, EAST STAFFORDSHIRE. A view over Park Quarry in Great Gate showing workers quarrying sandstone for the construction of Coventry Cathedral
Greatgate Quarry JLP01_08_054186GREATGATE QUARRY, CROXDEN, EAST STAFFORDSHIRE. A view over Park Quarry in Great Gate showing workers quarrying sandstone for the construction of Coventry Cathedral
Broughton Moor Slate Quarry 28871_006Broughton Moor Slate Quarry, Cumbria, 2016. SD2594
Marsden Lime Kilns 28908_003Marsden Lime Kilns, South Tyneside, 2016. NZ4064
Florence Iron Mine DP223656Florence Mine, Little Mill, St. John Beckermet, Copeland, Cumbria. General view of the disused iron mine site from the south-west, with a puddle of ochre water in the foreground
Low Slit lead mine 28822_018Low Slit lead mine and ore works, County Durham, 2015. NY9039
Low Slit lead mine 28822_013Low Slit lead mine and ore works, County Durham, 2015. NY9039
Mining in Weardale 28817_035Weardale, County Durham, 2015. Lead and ironstone mines and spoil heaps. NY9139
Kilton Hill Ironstone Mine 28839_050Kilton Hill Ironstone Mine, Redcar and Cleveland, 2015. NZ6917
Lime kilns 34014_017Castle Point Lime Works and Kilns, Holy Island, Northumberland, 2018. NU1341
Bardon Hill Quarry 28743_056Bardon Hill Quarry, Leicestershire, 2015. SK4513
Slate quarry 28692_009Hodge Close Quarry, Cumbria, 2015. NY3102
Slate quarry 28692_012Hodge Close Quarry, Cumbria, 2015. NY3102
Bole Hill 28658_052Bowl barrow and lead mining, Bole Hill, Derbyshire, 2015. SK1075
Mining, Staffordshire 28661_035Mining, Staffordshire, 2015. SK0359
Ironstone mining 28657_015Tankersley Park, Barnsley. Ironstone mining shaft mounds, 2015. SK3498
Ironstone mining 28657_011Tankersley Park, Barnsley. Ironstone mining shaft mounds, 2015. SK3598
China Clay Works ALB93_05_127Bloomdale 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_125Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. A truck waiting to be taken up the haulage incline to deposit waste at a sky-dump at
China Clay Works ALB93_05_124Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. A man shovelling sand in one of the sand pits at Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works
China Clay Works ALB93_05_133Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. A view of the engine house at Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works
China Clay Works ALB93_05_132Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. Men on the gantry outside the engine house from which the slurry pump is operated
China Clay Works ALB93_05_131Bloomdale 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_130Bloomdale 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_129Bloomdale 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
Grimes Graves N070076GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. Neolithic flint mine. An aerial view of pock-marked landscape
Dhustone EAW020127Dhu Stone Quarries, Clee Hill, Shropshire. Photographed from the south-west by Aerofilms Ltd in 1948
Lime kilns, Bellmanpark 33169_004Bellmanpark Lime Works, Ribble Valley, Lancashire. A rectangular bank of four draw kilns and an associated tramway, embankment and brridge
Neolithic flint mine IC241_001Easton Down, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Judith Dobie depicting a birds eye view of the Neolithic flint mining site on Easton Down
Shadwell Quarry 21551_23Shadwell Quarry, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire. The basin of the quarry has filled with water and the limestone quarried here has helped to give this a rich blue colour
Teniers - A Lime-kiln with Figures N070547APSLEY HOUSE, London. " A Lime-kiln with Figures" by David TENIERS the younger (1610-90). Spanish Royal Collection. Captured at Vitoria, 1813. WM 1583-1948
Grimes Graves J940184GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. 1994 cutaway reconstruction drawing of Prehistoric flint mining by Terry Ball (English Heritage Graphics Team). Recent evidence suggests that ladders may not have been used
Housemans Shaft Engine House at South Phoenix Mine DES01_02_010The roofless shell of Housemans Shaft Engine House at South Phoenix Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall. List entry number: 1140490. Photographed by Eileen Deste. Date range 1960-1976
Haresceugh Fell 28500_047Former Busk lime kiln and limestone quarry and Haresceugh Fell Medieval dispersed settlement comprising a stone-walled enclosure containing a stone-walled enclosure interpreted as a dwelling
Lime kiln 28499_069Disused Croglin limekiln and quarry, near Croglin, Cumbria, 2013
Titterstone Quarry EAW020122Titterstone Quarry, Clee Hill, Shropshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1948
Quarry and works 33169_018Ribblsedale Cement Works and Bankfield Limestone Quarry, Clitheroe, Lancashire. Photographed in May 2017
Cross Fell lead mine 28543_061Disused lead mine & spoil heap on Cross Fell, Cumbria. Photographed in June 2014
Force Crag Mine DP054906FORCE CRAG MINE, Coledale Valley, Braithwaite, Keswick, Cumbria. Hillside location of High Force Cross Cut, viewed from the south. Lake District landscape
Levant Mine DP167182Geevor Mine (Levant Section), Levant Road, Trewellard, St. Just, Cornwall. General view of the mine buildings silhouetted against a dramatic twilight cloudscape, from the south-west
Levant Mine DP167181Skip Shaft Headframe, Geevor Mine (Levant Section), Levant Road, Trewellard, St. Just, Cornwall. The Listed 1960s headframe from the east, with the engine houses behind, lit at twilight
Earthworks, Shap 28376_051Medieval grange and post medieval lime kiln in Shap, Cumbria. This image shows the remains of a lime kiln in Cumbria which would have produced quick lime by burning limestone
Quarrying stone IC048 / 065Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers quarrying for stone. Location based on Walltown Craggs Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke. hadrian
Slate quarry at sunset N071583SLATE QUARRY, Cumbria. General view of a slate quarry mine landscape at sunset. Industrial vehicles and machinery
Slate quarry N071582SLATE QUARRY, Cumbria. General view of a slate quarry mine landscape at sunset. Industrial vehicles and machinery with slate in the foreground
Kiln at OS 9472 9966Kiln said to have been used for iron ore smelting, early C20. IoE 409657
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