tarboat's photos with the keyword: crich

The long disused stone handling plant at Crich quarry. Opened by The Clay Cross Company in the 19th century and supplying limekilns near Ambergate via a metre gauge railway, the quarry closed in 1958. Reopening for roadstone occurred in the 1960's and it was operated by RMC and Tarmacbefore passing to Aggregate Industries ownership in 2000. Final closure came in 2010.

1934 English Electric built ex-Blackpool tram No.236 passes the fine gates at the entrance to the depot at the Crich Tramway Museum. This tram first ran as part of the permanent fleet at Crich in 1912. It is a great thing to ride on a fine day and this was the first such occasion during the 2024 season.

The Red Lion stood opposite the Potteries Electric Traction Tramway Depot in Stoke-on-Trent and outlived the tramway by many years. The Red Lion was much frequented by tram staff and later by the PMT bus staff who took over from the PET in the 1930's. It finally closed in 1973 to allow for street widening for the A500 Queensway road - but it was carefully demolished brick by brick by members of the Tramway Society and was eventually rebuilt at Crich using original materials wherever possible and reopened in 2002 at a cost of £500,000.

Cliff Quarry at Crich is now abandoned and up for sale apart from the section used by the tramway museum. This quarry was once owned by the Clay Cross Company and supplied stone to the Ambergate limekilns via a metre gauge railway built by George Stephenson.

Bardon Aggregates' Crich Quarry with the Sherwood Foresters Monument on the hill in the background.

Active quarry face at Bardon Aggregates' Crich Quarry.