Ganister quarry
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Ganister quarry
Image: © David Kitching Taken: 23 Apr 2003
The open cut of the Astbury ganister quarry. The silica rock was also mined in large galleries here. The mines are now flooded and inaccessible.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.130698
Longitude
-2.197241