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| British Gypsum works, Kirkby Thore | ||
| British Gypsum works | ||
| locality:- | Kirkby Thore | |
| civil parish:- | Kirkby Thore (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | gypsum works | |
| locality type:- | plaster mill | |
| coordinates:- | NY64562671 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6426 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY62 | |
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 CCM81.jpg (taken 27.2.2015)  BMF14.jpg (taken 1.6.2006) |
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 CCM82.jpg The conveyor from Stamphill Mine (taken 27.2.2015)  CCM84.jpg (taken 27.2.2015)  CEZ96.jpg (taken 16.5.2016)  CEZ97.jpg (taken 16.5.2016)  CEZ98.jpg (taken 16.5.2016)  CEZ99.jpg (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA01.jpg Gypsum, calcium sulphate. (taken 16.5.2016)  CFA02.jpg (taken 16.5.2016) |
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| hearsay:- |
The company began as a mine in 1906, the land leased from Lowther Estates by John
and David McGhie. The gypsum was sent to their plaster of paris works in Rutherglen.
They soon opened a plaster mill locally. The factory today is the largest plasterboard
works in the world, owned by British Gypsum Ltd. |
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| Gypsum is calcium sulphate dihydrate, CaSO4.2H2O. |
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