Winsford Mine (also known as Meadow Bank Mine) is a halite (rock salt) mine in the town of Winsford, Cheshire, England. The mine produces an average of...
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Winsford is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the River...
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This list of mines in the United Kingdom is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised...
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visits Winsford rock salt mine in preparation for Winter chill". Winsford Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017. Blenkinsop, Tom. "ICL Boulby Potash Mine". Parliamentary...
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In November 2008, Beswick presented Salt City, a documentary about Winsford Mine, on BBC Radio 4. On 2 February 2015, Allan took over the networked late...
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Salt in Cheshire (section Winsford)
at Winsford in the 17th century. Initially it was used only as salt licks for animals, and to strengthen weak brine. In 1844 Winsford Rock Salt Mine was...
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Ontario, Canada. In the United Kingdom there are three mines; the largest of these is at Winsford in Cheshire, producing, on average, one million tonnes...
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blow-out" while working in the mine. Winsford – home of Britain's largest rock salt mine Woodsmith Mine – a new polyhalite mine under construction just south...
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(Northwich and Winsford Locality) which has an estimated 2021 population of 107,000. Northwich and its urban area make up 63,000, Winsford makes up around...
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The Winsford and Over branch line was a railway line serving the town of Winsford in Cheshire. It was operated by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) from...
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for de-icing in the United Kingdom predominantly comes from a single mine in Winsford in Cheshire. Prior to distribution it is mixed with <100 ppm of sodium...
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Cote Blanche, Louisiana, with annual capacity of 3.4 million tons; and Winsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom, with annual capacity of 1.5 million tons.[citation...
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diverge near Winsford, the current head of navigation, and at Northwich the river turns to flow north-west across north Cheshire. Below Winsford, the course...
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offsite in the worked-out parts of Winsford Rock Salt Mine, Winsford, Cheshire, Britain's largest rock salt mine. The storage facility is operated by...
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History of Northwich (section Salt mine stabilisation)
Meadow. By 1732 the River Weaver was improved from Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge and eventually allowed vessels up to 160 tonnes (160,000 kg) to...
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Mudstone laid down with large salt deposits which were mined for hundreds of years around Winsford. Separating this area from Lower Triassic Sherwood Sandstone...
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Future of Winsford Hospital; Event – 9 November 2016". Facebook – The Winsford Trust, Halwill Junction. Retrieved 29 March 2017. "Winsford Cottage Hospital"...
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through the Town of Middlewich, and by Spittle Hill in Stanthorne to Winsford Bridge, and from Spittle Hill to the Town of Northwich, in the County Palatine...
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expansion. During the closure its collections were stored in the Winsford Rock Salt Mine; some of the books in the stack joined collections at Greater Manchester...
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record storage facility (DeepStore) in the worked-out parts of Winsford Rock Salt Mine, Winsford, Cheshire. The National Archives was created in 2003 by combining...
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(2021), Ajamu "Tribute to Sundar Popo" (1995), Black Stalin "Tribute to Winsford Devine" (2010), Crazy "Trinity is My Name" (1994), Delamo "Will (The)"...
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modern cooperative movement. Winsford rock salt mine opens in Cheshire; by 2014 it will be Britain's oldest working mine. Ring of bells installed at St...
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Germany Kortrijk, Belgium Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Saint-Cloud, France Winsford Deuil-la-Barre, France Winster Monterubbiano, Italy Wirksworth Die, France...
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Common still survive in Betts Park. Winsford Gardens formed part of the grounds of Chesham Park and later Winsford House. There are several Victorian almshouses...
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concocted in a Victorian kitchen at Shugborough Hall. 3 "Stoke-on-Trent to Winsford" 9 January 2013 (2013-01-09) Portillo explores one of the greatest locomotive...
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Haydock Collieries (category Coal mines in Lancashire)
the pit taking coal from the Crombouke, Lower Florida and Ince Six Feet mines. Haydock Colliery After the colliery closed, its workshops became the NCB...
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Division of Railfreight that included salt for road gritting from the ICI mine at Winsford. The locos were selected from the available pool of Class 25 locomotives...
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First, for making the River Weaver navigable, from Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County of Chester; and for the more effectual preserving...
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and Snaefell Mountain Railway on the second day, and then the Great Laxey Mine Railway and Groudle Glen Railway on the third day. They were unable to ride...
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Sandbach and Winsford Junction Railway Act 1872 35 & 36 Vict. c. lxxvi 27 June 1872 An Act for making a Railway from Sandbach to Winsford, in the county...
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