Blakey quarry

Disused crab winch at a quarry at the end of the Blakey Mines branch off the Rosedale West branch railway. The branch served the Farndale iron mines which operated between 1873 and 1897 under the Blakey Iron Company and later the Farndale Iron Company. The iron mines were served via a narrow gauge incline from the adits down in Farndale at the bottom of the hill and to the left in this view. Blakey Ridge behind the photographer is riddled with small coal pits.