This post on the Red Lake China Clay Works, provides information and pictures on the extraction point of the clay and associated infrastructure at the end of the tramway. This post complements other post on this website, relating to the Red Lake clay operations. Due reference is made to the excellent EA Wade publications (1982 and 2004), without which much of the knowledge of this fascinating part of industrial archaeology on the moor would be lost.
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The above article was written as one of a 5 part series for Dartmoor News
China clay exporter @mohit March 14, 2022
Very useful post with full information about china clay. Thank you for sharing it!