Quarries
Bath Stone was mined underground at Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines, in Somerset; and as a result of cutting the Box Tunnel, at various locations in Wiltshire, including Box and Corsham.
Underground extraction of Bath Stone continues in the Corsham area but on a smaller scale than previously. For example, Hanson plc operates Hartham Park Quarry in the Hudswell district (southwest of Pickwick) and the Bath Stone Group operate the Stoke Hill mine. Other quarries have been re-used. Current examples include primarily defence establishments, but also a wine cellar at Eastlays (near Gastard) and storage for magnetic media (for Off-site Data Protection) at Monk's Park (near Neston).
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“Three million of such stones would be needed before the work was done. Three million stones of an average weight of 5,000 pounds, every stone cut precisely to fit into its destined place in the great pyramid. From the quarries they pulled the stones across the desert to the banks of the Nile. Never in the history of the world had so great a task been performed. Their faith gave them strength, and their joy gave them song.”
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