Ruston steam shovel and narrow gauge train at the Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
It includes a quarry with a collection of antique machinery, such as locomotives and cranes, an underground tour of a simulated mine, a geological and mining museum, and mineral panning.
Threlkeld Quarry originally opened in 1870 to supply railway ballast to the Penrith-Keswick line. Later, the stone was used by the Manchester Corporation Water Works for their Thirlmere scheme, for railway ballast for the Crewe-Carlisle line, for roadstone, kerbing, and for facing buildings with dressed stone. The granite quarry finally closed in 1982 and is now the site for the Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum which is operated by staff and volunteers.[1]
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Narrow gauge tipper trucks
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The steam locomotive 'Sir Tom' was built by W.G. Bagnall of Stafford in 1926 and named after Sir Tom Callender of British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC). This 0-4-0 saddle tank narrow gauge locomotive worked at BICC in Kent until 1968. After being idle for thirty-three years, it arrived at Threlkeld in 2001, and since then has been overhauled. Sir Tom was rebuilt and is driven by Ian Hartland. The locomotive completed the first full season of work at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum in 2010. Sir Tom is mainly used to haul passenger trains from the middle quarry into the inner quarry.[2]
threlkeld, quarry, mining, museum, this, article, contains, content, that, written, like, advertisement, please, help, improve, removing, promotional, content, inappropriate, external, links, adding, encyclopedic, content, written, from, neutral, point, view, . This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is a museum located in Threlkeld three miles 4 8 km east of Keswick in the Lake District in Cumbria Ruston steam shovel and narrow gauge train at the Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum It includes a quarry with a collection of antique machinery such as locomotives and cranes an underground tour of a simulated mine a geological and mining museum and mineral panning Contents 1 Quarry 2 Railway 2 1 Sir Tom 3 Open air exhibition 4 References 5 External linksQuarry edit nbsp Outdoor display Threlkeld Quarry originally opened in 1870 to supply railway ballast to the Penrith Keswick line Later the stone was used by the Manchester Corporation Water Works for their Thirlmere scheme for railway ballast for the Crewe Carlisle line for roadstone kerbing and for facing buildings with dressed stone The granite quarry finally closed in 1982 and is now the site for the Threlkeld Quarry amp Mining Museum which is operated by staff and volunteers 1 Railway edit nbsp Narrow gauge tipper trucks Sir Tom edit The steam locomotive Sir Tom was built by W G Bagnall of Stafford in 1926 and named after Sir Tom Callender of British Insulated Callender s Cables BICC This 0 4 0 saddle tank narrow gauge locomotive worked at BICC in Kent until 1968 After being idle for thirty three years it arrived at Threlkeld in 2001 and since then has been overhauled Sir Tom was rebuilt and is driven by Ian Hartland The locomotive completed the first full season of work at Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum in 2010 Sir Tom is mainly used to haul passenger trains from the middle quarry into the inner quarry 2 nbsp Hunslet diesel locomotiveOpen air exhibition edit nbsp Visiting Hudswell Clarke steam locomotive nbsp Steam powered quarrying nbsp Ruston pile driver nbsp Aveling Barford dump truck nbsp Avonside Steam locomotiveReferences edit Chris Allen Threlkeld Quarry amp Mine Museum The Geograph Threlkeld Quarry amp Mining Museum The railway External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum www threlkeldquarryandminingmuseum co uk www tqrm org uk 54 36 47 N 3 02 49 W 54 6130789 N 3 0470752 W 54 6130789 3 0470752 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum amp oldid 1167012930, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
