MADE OF STONE
Jun 03, 2019
3 minutes
BEN JONES
LESS than three miles from Buxton, hidden away from public gaze in the rolling folds of the White Peak, is one of Europe’s biggest quarries.
Every year, Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry blasts, shovels, crushes and dispatches around six million tonnes of Derbyshire limestone to feed British industry. Of that massive total, 50% is taken away by rail in various forms.
Much of it is used for construction of new roads, housing and commercial development, and new
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