Honister Slate Mine

mine in the United Kingdom

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site, slate mine, mining museum, United Kingdom

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href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/1021401\"\u003Etripadvisor\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Honister Slate Mine@ slate mine, mining museum, tripadvisor\n","link":"","lat":54.5106,"lon":-3.19611,"icon":"/images/d/d2/Red-marker.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q113370566\" title=\"Q113370566\"\u003EKeswick Mining Museum\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1987 mining museum, \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/1021402\"\u003Etripadvisor\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Keswick Mining Museum@1987 mining museum, tripadvisor\n","link":"","lat":54.602449,"lon":-3.136844,"icon":"/images/f/f6/Tm_museum.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q113370118\" title=\"Q113370118\"\u003EThrelkeld Quarry And Mining Museum\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1995 mining museum, \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/266691\"\u003Etripadvisor\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Threlkeld Quarry And Mining Museum@1995 mining museum, tripadvisor\n","link":"","lat":54.610875,"lon":-3.054891,"icon":"/images/f/f6/Tm_museum.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q116686737\" title=\"Q116686737\"\u003EWhitehaven Tunnel\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003Erailway tunnel\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Whitehaven Tunnel@ railway tunnel\n","link":"","lat":54.5481435,"lon":-3.5823449,"icon":"/images/0/04/M_tunnel.png"}],"imageoverlays":null}

All subterranean sites

Frameless

Entrance to Honister Mine and Visitor Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1015732 2008

Entrance to Honister Slate Mine 2006

Former Tramway Incline, Honister Slate Mines - geograph.org.uk - 729266 2008

Honister1 2004

Honister Mine - geograph.org.uk - 876327 2005

Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 270132 2006

Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 892668 2008

Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 892673 2008

Slate mine - geograph.org.uk - 739602 2008

Slate mine Tramway bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1536322 1964

Visitor Centre, Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 554859 2007

Worker at the Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 892698 2008

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Source

link		Subterranea Britannica article^@		Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page^@		Wikidata
site		Ban Garth mine	mine	Wikidata
site	1871	Blea Tarn mine	mine	Wikidata
site		Borrowdale graphite mines and associated grinding mill, 660m north west of Seathwaite	mine	Wikidata
site		Carrock End copper mine 230m and 490m south west of Linewath	copper mine	Wikidata
site		Carrock Fell tungsten, lead, copper, and arsenic mines and the remains of an early 20th century tungsten mill	mine	Wikidata
site		Coniston copper mines	copper mine	Wikidata
site		Dale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale Head	copper mine	Wikidata
site		Dale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale Head	copper mine	Wikidata
site		Gill Force mine	mine	Wikidata
site		Goldscope copper and lead mines and remains of associated dressing floors, stamp mill, dressing mill, reservoir and leats	mine	Wikidata
site		Greenburn copper mines and associated ore processing works	mine	Wikidata
site		Greenside lead mines, ore works and smelt mill	lead mine	Wikidata
site		Greenside Mine	lead mine	Wikidata
site		Haig Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site		Jane Pit, a 19th century coal mine adjacent to the Sports Ground, Mossbay	mine	Wikidata
site		Lead mine and ore works at Greenhead Gill, Grasmere	mine	Wikidata
site		Myers Head lead mine	mine	Wikidata
site		Nab Gill mine	mine	Wikidata
site		Silver Gill, Roughton Gill	mine	Wikidata
site		St Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey Buttress	copper mine	Wikidata
site		Top Power House electric power generation station and associated leat for Greenside lead mine centred 740m NNW of Hole-in-the-Wa	mine	Wikidata
site	2020	Woodhouse Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site		Haig Colliery Mining Museum	mining museum, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site		Honister Slate Mine	slate mine, mining museum, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	1987	Keswick Mining Museum	mining museum, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site	1995	Threlkeld Quarry And Mining Museum	mining museum, tripadvisor	Wikidata
site		Whitehaven Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
image	2008	Entrance to Honister Mine and Visitor Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1015732		Wikimedia
image	2006	Entrance to Honister Slate Mine		Wikimedia
image	2008	Former Tramway Incline, Honister Slate Mines - geograph.org.uk - 729266		Wikimedia
image	2004	Honister1		Wikimedia
image	2005	Honister Mine - geograph.org.uk - 876327		Wikimedia
image	2006	Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 270132		Wikimedia
image	2008	Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 892668		Wikimedia
image	2008	Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 892673		Wikimedia
image	2008	Slate mine - geograph.org.uk - 739602		Wikimedia
image	1964	Slate mine Tramway bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1536322		Wikimedia
image	2007	Visitor Centre, Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 554859		Wikimedia
image	2008	Worker at the Honister Slate Mine - geograph.org.uk - 892698		Wikimedia

Honister Slate Mine

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