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Finedon (R.T & B.) Iron Quarry (United Kingdom)

Originally operated as Glendon quarries from 1866, becoming Glendon Iron Co ltd from 1886, Charles Barlow from Circa 1900, Harold Barlow?, Richard Thomas & Co Ltd from 1938 and finally R.T.B Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd from 1945. Closure came in 1947. The latter day workings were in conjunction with Irthlingborough mine centred on Buccleuch Quarry with Ore being tippled onto a narrow gauge train and taken via Irthlingborough mine to its processing plant.

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Major Mining Region

Finedon (R.T & B.) Iron Quarry belongs to the Northamptonshire region.

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Finedon (R.T & B.) Iron Quarry was served by:

Finedon Furnaces Iron Smelt Mill

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