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Wakefield >
Morrison's Quarry
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A vast site covered with white ore, next to the river. A few original building are still in place.
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Type: Outdoors
Status: Closed
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby
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flooding Diving is for certificated divers only.
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eight passenger airplane at 26' under water, 1.3l suzuki swift and Toyota MR2 at around 100' deep, Wrecked boat, What's is left from the mining industry: Ore shed, Main building Kiln
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The Wakefield region is known for his magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) since around 1938, the quarry was open around 1941. The main building, the shed and what's left of the calcination kiln are all from this era, the shed has beam made the way has airplane beam; punched with many holes to make the structure lighter. Proximity to the river combined with the railroad constructed in 1905 makes the quarry a good site to quickly ship the mineral. When calcinated, the magnesium carbonate is transformed into magnesia (MgO) a source of industrial magnesium and as WWII create a strong demand for magnesium in order to make airplane parts. The closing date of the quarry is unknown but is probably around the mid 1980's, since late 1990's the site is used as scuba diving site: the partly flooded quarry is a good site where the water is very clear.
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In 2003 a body was found in the quarry, As a bungee and scuba diving site.
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Will stay as is for a while. Wall of one of the block building could fall apart.
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Pano
Thu, Jul 10th, 2008
posted by tijeff
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pano2
Thu, Jul 10th, 2008
posted by tijeff
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 7/21/2008 4:05 AM.
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on Jul 21 08 at 4:05, Emperor Wang validated this location on Jul 10 08 at 17:36, tijeff updated a panorama image on Jul 10 08 at 17:36, tijeff updated a panorama image on Jul 10 08 at 17:33, tijeff updated a panorama image on Jul 10 08 at 17:33, tijeff updated a panorama image on Jul 10 08 at 17:32, tijeff added some pictures to a gallery on Jul 10 08 at 17:31, tijeff added some pictures to a gallery on Jul 10 08 at 17:30, tijeff created a new gallery on Aug 23 05 at 21:14, SPEK Photo updated gallery picture FIL20646.jpg on Aug 23 05 at 1:50, SPEK Photo made this location available
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