Explosive charges set ready for firing at Roughcastle fireclay mine
Maker
Tom Astbury
Production date
30 Oct 1979
Description
View of the fireclay face with explosive charges set ready for firing. The fireclay is grey in colour. Ten charges are seen set into deep holes drilled into the face. Lengths of fuse wire hang from each charge.
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Object detail
The workings dated from the 1930s although fireclay had been mined for much longer in the area. The mine supplied Roughcastle and later Dyson Refractories. Usually the mine was owned by the brickworks. It closed in 1981.
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