2005
SD8070 : Foredale Cottages
taken 18 years ago, near to Helwith Bridge, North Yorkshire, England
Foredale Cottages
Foredale cottages below Nibble Quarry. Part of old incline visible to right of cottages, upper part obliterated when waste heap was bulldozed following the Aberfan disaster. A stable permeable waste heap was destabilised by creating a dam of fine waste across the mouth to the quarry, the resulting build up of water created a hush* which swept away the community centre and only the ridge of rock saved the cottages.
* Hush/hushing: An archaic (in this country) process used by mineral miners to open up new lodes by directing powerful streams of water along potential ore bodies to remove vegetation and overburden.
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