Clitheroe

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Clinker manufacture operational: 1879-1921

Approximate total clinker production: 25,000 tonnes

Raw materials: Argillaceous Carboniferous Limestone (Clitheroe Limestone Formation: 346-348 Ma) from quarry at 376150,442870

Ownership: Clitheroe Portland Cement Co. (initially owned by William Rowe and Co.)

Not to be confused with the Ribblesdale or Isis plants. This was formed as a sideline of the Bellmanpark Lime Works. It had a single, dry-process bottle kiln. There is no reason to suppose it ever varied from Davis’ 1907 capacity of 20 t/week . The plant had good rail links associated with the large lime plant, but it is doubtful whether its product travelled far outside the Ribblesdale area. Making what was essentially a “natural” cement, the plant faded away as marketing of modern cements penetrated the area. A bank of four of the lime kilns still exists but the cement kiln has gone: the site is now waste ground with a few foundations showing.

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Rawmills

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No rotary kilns were installed.


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