In Britain large deposits of Kaolinite (commonly known as "china clay") were found in Cornwall. Many industrial railways, both narrow gauge and standard gauge, were built to serve the china …

China clay from Marland and Meeth was transhipped from 1881 when a 3-foot gauge siding was laid into Torrington yard between two of the standard gauge sidings. After the opening of the …

2004年10月2日 · The South Western granite has been converted into china clay only in those areas where the feldspar contained a sufficiently high soda content. China clay, or kaolin, is …

Newton Abbot Clays experimented with a china clay-type ‘sky tip’ for waste (using an inclined railway), and, in 1937, introduced the first 2-3cu yard Muir Hill dumpers in their open pits.

The North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway was a railway built to serve numerous china clay pits that lay in the space between the London and South Western Railway's …

The 3 ball clay deposits in SW England are unique in the UK and each is unique in itself. The geology, types of ball clay, occurrence and extraction methods are different in each of the 3 …

2012年7月22日 · Much china clay was moved from and within Cornwall but by no menas all. It is closely associated with the area around St. Austell but was also railed from workings at Lee …

2010年10月10日 · In the Peco Setrack book it says "the Meeth Halt in Devon consisted of a loop, with a covered china clay loading depot. The Meeth halt is several hundred metres away." So …

English China Clays acquired Meeth (North Devon) and Pike Brothers, Fayle (a merger of the two Dorset companies), operating its ball clay business under the name of Hexter and Budge …

2013年1月18日 · An old china clay quarry in Devon is being turned into a nature reserve by a local wildlife charity. The quarry, at the end of the Tarka Trail in north Devon, has been bought …