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Quarry Steps | Delabole | Cornwall

Quarry Steps - Delabole

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Location: Delabole   |   Category: Places   |   Photograph Added: 26th November 2010 | Photo Reference: 3258

Today at Delabole quarry an average of 120 tonnes of slate block is still quarried every day. Utilising the latest diamond wire saws, about 600 tonne blocks are sawn from the quarry face. In the past blasting would have been the way to extract the slate.