click for Cocking homepage | click for Rother Valley homepage |
Rother Valley
West Sussex, England Cocking Chalk Works |
Rother Valley :- Trail - homepage - photo galleries - churches - pubs - travel - maps - contact us |
Cocking Chalk Works [Lime Works], West Sussex Closed These works were supplied with chalk by the quarry situated above. - - click here for photos Cocking chalk pit man killed in 1833 earthquakes in West Sussex An 1833 earthquake in the vicinity of Chichester, Sussex, caused the death of William Marshall, at the village of Cocking.... He was digging at the chalk pit face at the time of the earthquake which caused a large quantity of the rock to fall on him - read more click here to start photos of works all photos 02 April 2007 |
When arriving from the quarry the
stone would be tipped into this hopper and go into a crusher. photo:- Phil Dixon © - 2 April, 2007 next image |
The hopper and crusher from below.
photo:- Phil Dixon © - 2 April, 2007 - - enlarge - - next image |
From the crusher the stone travelled along the conveyor, right.
photo:- Phil Dixon © - 2 April, 2007 - - enlarge - - next image |
The conveyor takes the stone into the building at end to be pulverised.
photo:- Phil Dixon © - 2 April, 2007 - - next image |
Working here must have been fun for your lungs. photo:- Phil Dixon © 2 April, 2007 enlarge - - next image |