Quarrying limestone In the Peak District

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  • Created by: G Redford
  • Created on: 12-04-13 19:44

Advantages

  • Used locally as building stone
  • Used to make dry stone walls
  • Cement and roadstones
  • Jobs introduced into the area where employment is low (often seasonal in tourism)
  • Hope quarry and cement works are the single largest employers in the area around Castleton
  • Cumulative causation

Disadvantages

  • Eyesaw to environment and very obtrusive to the area
  • May anger natrualists
  • Loss of plants and wildlife
  • Dust may be carried by winds over fields and any nearby villages
  • Quarry traffic causes congestion
  • Heavy lorries cause damage to foundations of houses from the vibrations
  • Noise pollution is created by heavy lorries and also by blasting of limestone rocks

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