Exploring an abandoned industrial limekiln that’s been empty since the 1980s
BRIEF HISTORY OF LOCATION:
Thrislington Quarry West is a large magnesian limestone and Basal Permian sand quarry (covering some 153 hectares (ha)) located on the Magnesian Limestone Escarpment to the south of West Cornforth, east of Ferryhill, north east of Ferryhill Station and north of Mainsforth. It is an established minerals site with a planning history dating from 1954.
The quarry currently plays an important role in mineral supply in the County. It extracts magnesian limestone and underlying Basal Permian sand marketed as aggregates with some limestone being used as building stone. Products produced being building or soft sand suitable for coating with asphalt and concreting or sharp sand (which includes limestone which is blended). Residues from the quarrying activities are also blended with fines to form agricultural lime and a product known as midas sand. In addition the quarry has also produced quantities of agricultural lime which has been used to correct soil acidity. In the past about a third of the magnesian limestone extracted was high grade limestone (known as industrial dolomite). This was processed in the kilns at the adjoining Thrislington Works to produce burnt lime/dolomite.
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8 сен 2024
