KelseyRebecca98
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Visited with ROYALBOB, never been done before i don't think? Anyway abit of history,
Once covered in bracken, quarrying began here over 360 years ago in 1629 when Charles I granted quarrying rights to tenants to take stone for use within the Manor. However, this hard course-grained sandstone (known locally as Ackworth Rock) was notonly good building material but could be used for grindstones and scythe stones and by the 1800’s it was exported worldwide. Many of the houses you pass are built from rock from
this quarry (including Nostell Priory, on the horizon). A silica carbonide substitute carborundum) has replaced the rock in rcent years. However, stone from brckenhill is still used in the restoration of churches.
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Waterwheel by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
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Upsidedown by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
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Signage by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Truck by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Belts by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
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Mine And Cart by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Wheel by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Cinema Tapes by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
NCC by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Mine by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Staples by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Crane by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Thank you for looking :ty
Once covered in bracken, quarrying began here over 360 years ago in 1629 when Charles I granted quarrying rights to tenants to take stone for use within the Manor. However, this hard course-grained sandstone (known locally as Ackworth Rock) was notonly good building material but could be used for grindstones and scythe stones and by the 1800’s it was exported worldwide. Many of the houses you pass are built from rock from
this quarry (including Nostell Priory, on the horizon). A silica carbonide substitute carborundum) has replaced the rock in rcent years. However, stone from brckenhill is still used in the restoration of churches.
Smith by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Metal Lines by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Gears by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Cart by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Going Through by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Hoop by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Looking out by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Waterwheel by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Claw by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Upsidedown by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Little Army Men by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Signage by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Truck by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Belts by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Digger by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Handle by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Mine And Cart by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Wheel by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Cinema Tapes by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
NCC by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Mine by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Staples by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Crane by KelseyRebecca98, on Flickr
Thank you for looking :ty
