Greenside Mine, Glenridding

Greenside Lead Mine C16-C19 at Glenridding in the Lake District.
In 1959 the Atomic Weapons Research Est. in Operation Orpheus, carried out two explosions to see if underground nuclear tests could be detected by seismic instruments.

Greenside Mine, Ullswater, Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK

Created: June 21, 2010

Author: Joan Martin

Photograph keywords: Glenridding, Greenside Mine, industry, lead, mine, nuclear, Operation Orpheus, silver ore

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