Buttressed

Draw tunnel for two of the four very large draw kilns at the Cowdale limeworks near Buxton. The concrete buttresses were added in late 1931 due to the kiln face falling forward. The 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 which closed both quarry and works closed in 1956.