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Long Meg Plaster Company Ltd.

Established in 1880 to work gypsum at Little Salkeld, driving the underground drift on which operations began in 1885 and building the branch line to the Settle-Carlisle railway in 1886.

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Long Meg Mine Cumbria 1880–?

Record created: 5 September 2026 · Last researched: 5 September 2026

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