Hodge Close Quarry, near Coniston, Cumbria, England. The slate quarry was worked until the 1960's, but is now flooded to a depth of over 100 feet. There are several tunnels running off the quarry underwater. These are very popular with divers, despite the fact that several divers have died at the site. The quarry is surrounded by walls of green slate, and are popular with abseilers. A blue buoy marks the spot where a transit van lies on the floor of the quarry.
The flooded workings at Hodge Close Slate Quarry, in the Tilberthwaite Valley, near Coniston, Cumbria, England. The water reaches a depth of over 150 feet the same height as the cliffs surrounding it.
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Hodge Close Quarry at Tilberthwaite, Cumbria, England, where green slate is still quarried. Image scanned from medium format film. Bronica ETR and Velvia 50.
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The lower section of Coppermines Valley at the foot of The Old Man of Coniston in Cumbria's Lake District. Now one of the most-climbed fells in The Lake District, The Old Man of Coniston was for centuries extensively mined and quarried. Vast amounts of slate were taken away.
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Coniston Water, a lake in The Lake District of Cumbria in Northern England, seen from the slopes of The Old Man of Coniston, a 2633 foot high fell. The small town of Coniston is also visible in the image.
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Cumbria's Lake District. Now one of the most-climbed fells in The Lake District, The Old Man of Coniston was for centuries extensively mined and quarried. Vast amounts of slate was taken away.
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The ruins of a slate works on the side of the Old Man of Coniston in The Lake district in Cumbria, England. Slate was quarried for centuries and the the mountain is quite badly scarred in places by human action.
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Disused buildings at a slate quarry on the slopes of The Old Man of Coniston, Cumbria, England.
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Low Water and Levers Water beyond it, two tarns seen from the summit of The Old man of Coniston, a 2633 foot high fell, and one of the 214 wainwrights in The Lake District of Cumbria, England.
image turned on its side shows the reflection of a popular dive site in an abandoned slate quarry at Hodge Close, Near Coniston, Lake District, Cumbria
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A view of Silver How (left back) and Loughrigg Fell (right), seen from the disused slate quarry at Hodge Close, near Coniston, Cumbria, England. Lingmoor Fell stands in the left foreground.
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A view from The Kirkstone Pass Inn, on the Kirksone Pass, Cumbria, England, looking down onto 'The Struggle' the winding road from Windermere. Lake Windermere can be seen in the distance.
The V2 Incline Railway. Slates were loaded onto a wagon at the top of the incline and, as gravity pushed the full wagon down, the empty wagon would be pulled to the top on a parallel track ready for the process to be repeated. Restored in 1998 this is the only such incline working in Britain today.
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