Crich Quarry, Derbyshire, July 2019

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Hi everyone, been a long time absent. I've been exploring a couple of times but I've not as of yet got round to doing anything really worth making a report of.
A few weeks back, me and a friend went to explore out in Derbyshire.
History:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crich#Quarrying
In short, the quarry closed in 2010 and was previously owned by Bardon Aggregates.
There's talk of turning it into a water park :confused:
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/crich-quarry-waterpark-resort-plan-2899725
Currently, it consists of a large actual quarry and a few gantries, machinery and control rooms. Fairly vandalised but good for the control panel fans here.

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The room to the left was a portacabin like building which had a sign on the floor outside saying 'Asbestos'. Gave it a wide berth! The other building seemed to be a storage shed of some sort.

Good panorama to give you some idea of the view at the top:

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Lots of buttons and switches.

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I think this was one of the stone crushers:
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One of the control rooms (what's left of it)
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View from the very top:

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And this is the waterpark then:witless:

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Good to be back again, see you all next time. I'm off abroad in a few weeks, I'll see what I can find.
 
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