Cowdale

There are four very large draw kilns at the Cowdale limeworks near Buxton. By 1930 there were problems with the face of the kiln bank falling forward and massive concrete buttresses were added in late 1931. Cowdale Quarry was opened by the New Buxton Lime Co c1901. The company was taken over by the Buxton Lime Firms in 1908 and eventually became part of the ICI empire. The quarry and works closed in 1956.