With the project's price tag now up to $2 million, the Panic of 1893 setting in, and the subsequently lowered demand for iron ore—not to mention the closure of the Arvon Slate Quarry, and signs that the iron mines near Champion were …
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Some large limestone quarries sold the rock for flux in iron furnaces. You are standing very close to Jonas Bastian's mine, one of many mines in Lower Macungie …
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The quarries were connected to the main line railway system via a 3.5-mile industrial railway built by German prisoners of war and the quarries grew to become one of the most important single sources of iron ore in Britain.
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With the discovery of less expensive iron ore in other parts of the country during the late 1800's, the amount of iron hauled on this railroad declined each year as mines closed. This area, settled in 1800 by Nathan Vernoy, …
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Some large limestone quarries sold the rock for flux in iron furnaces. Iron Ore You are standing very close to Jonas Bastian's mine, one of many mines in Lower Macungie Township. Iron ore …
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By the mid-nineteenth century industrialists were becoming aware that the ironstone contained a significant proportion of ore that could be utilized in the growing iron and steel industry; the …
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A new ironstone quarry was opened up near the village of Market Overton in 1906 by James Pain Ltd who sold ironstone on the open market. A new rail link to the Saxby- Bourne railway was …
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The ore was quarried for the steelworks at Corby, (Stewart and Lloyds which then in 1967 became part of the British Steel Corporation) where i also worked for a short while …
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The outbreak of war provided an immediate incentive to increase output throughout the East Midlands ironstone field as imports of iron ore declined sharply due to shipping losses as a result of German U boat attacks and the …
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The ironstone was moved by rail from the quarries to the distant steelworks firstly over the private mineral railway of the Oxfordshire Ironstone Company (OIC) to mainline railway sidings north of Banbury. Over the life time …
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