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- The village was founded in the 1770’s by the 5th Duke of Argyll as part of his efforts to create a fishing industry in the Ross of Mull, Along with other small fishing stations, it really wasn't a success. Kintra did however, support families that worked over in the Granitte quarry at Tormore.
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Kintra did however, support families that worked over in the Granitte quarry at Tormore. The sensus of 1851 shows that there were 100 residents in Kintra at that time.
The Tormore lower quarry is a well-preserved example of a Ross of Mull granite quarry, operating during a period of demand for the local stone during the 19th and early 20th century. It retains both the quarry excavation itself and a range of supporting infrastructure including spoil heaps, the loading pier and trackways linking elements of the ...
Type: Biotite Microcline Granite, Colour and texture: Warm Pink/Red with pale Grey/Brown felspars - medium texture. Crushing Strength: 200 MN/m.sq (29,000lbf/in.sq) Weight: 2,819Kg/cubic meter (179lbs/cubic foot) To go into the full history of Tormore Quarry would be be too extensive to reproduce on an introductory webpage, and, so I would ...
Summary. This is a great walk across a coastal headland to the hidden anchorage at Tormore where there is a white sandy beach. From here climb up through the pink granite quarry that supplied much of the stone for the abbey on Iona.
Jun 5, 2014 · Rock of Ages is the grand name of one of Vermont’s oldest quarrying operations. The company started quarrying granite in 1880 and it’s been excavating the same site in Barre ever since. Called a deep hole dimension quarry, it’s a large cavernous hole and nearly 600 feet deep. At 50 or 60 square acres in surface area, it’s the largest ...
May 29, 2020 · By 1932, only two quarries remained on Rattlesnake Hill. In 1941, Swenson became the lone survivor. Traces of many of those smaller old quarries can still be found, if you know what you’re looking for. For four generations, the Swenson family grew their granite production business, and it all began with the Concord, New Hampshire quarry.
Mar 5, 2019 · It’s totally overshadowed by an enormous spoil tip from the now-defunct Merrivale Quarry (formerly known as Tor Quarry) that started operating in 1876 and finally closed in 1997. The granite from Merrivale was used to pave Trafalgar Square and also the Falkland Memorial.
