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Greetwell Ironstone Mines

Other Business Names:

  • Mid Lincolnshire Ironstone Co Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
  • Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Extraction Iron ore extraction

Notes:

Developed from 1874 and opened 1878. Throughout operated by Mid Lincolnshire Ironstone Co Ltd. Output sent to Scunthorpe iron and steel plant. Mines closed 1934 when exhausted, Lincolnshire Ironstone then relocating production to Nettleton Top, near Market Rasen

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