Old Delabole Slate Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Delabole Slate Co Ltd
- Richardson, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Delabole, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Slate extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to 17th century. In 1841 Old Delabole Slate Co formed through merger of existing quarries and took limited liability in 1898. 1869 disaster occurred through collapse of rock face resulting in 15 deaths. Closed 1977 and quarry now owned by Delabole Slate Co Ltd
Publications:
- A Familiar Description of the Old Delabole Quarries by Turner, John T F
- Catastrophe at Delabole by Porter, Sylvia J
- 'Delabole' in P Stanier, South West Stone Quarries. Building stone quarries in the West of England by Stanier, Peter H
- Delabole Slate Quarry by Kent, J M
- Delabole Slate Quarry. A sketch by a workman on the quarry by Jenkin, John
- Delabole Slate Quarry. Past and present by Vincent, Carole
- Delabole. The history of a slate quarry and the making of its village community by Lorigan, Catherine M
- 'The Far Famed and Celebrated Old Delabole Slate Quarry'. The industrial history of the quarry and the making of its village community, 1840-1920 by Lorigan, Catherine M
- Thomas Richardson and the Delabole Slate Quarry by Lorigan, Catherine M
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Delabole Slate Co Ltd
- Richardson, Thomas
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Delabole, Cornwall, Cornwall, South West, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Slate extraction
Notes:
Traced origins to 17th century. In 1841 Old Delabole Slate Co formed through merger of existing quarries and took limited liability in 1898. 1869 disaster occurred through collapse of rock face resulting in 15 deaths. Closed 1977 and quarry now owned by Delabole Slate Co LtdPublications:
- A Familiar Description of the Old Delabole Quarries by Turner, John T F
- Catastrophe at Delabole by Porter, Sylvia J
- 'Delabole' in P Stanier, South West Stone Quarries. Building stone quarries in the West of England by Stanier, Peter H
- Delabole Slate Quarry by Kent, J M
- Delabole Slate Quarry. A sketch by a workman on the quarry by Jenkin, John
- Delabole Slate Quarry. Past and present by Vincent, Carole
- Delabole. The history of a slate quarry and the making of its village community by Lorigan, Catherine M
- 'The Far Famed and Celebrated Old Delabole Slate Quarry'. The industrial history of the quarry and the making of its village community, 1840-1920 by Lorigan, Catherine M
- Thomas Richardson and the Delabole Slate Quarry by Lorigan, Catherine M