Treak Cliff Cavern - a photo on Flickriver

Treak Cliff Cavern

            The Treak Cliff Cavern along with the Blue John mine is the only place in the word where Blue John stone can be found, Blue John being a banded form of fluorspar, Treak Cliff operations are thought to have taken place between 1745 and 1750, by the late 18th century blue john was much in demand for vases and columns most notably at Chatsworth house, 
During the 1st world war fluorspar was in great demand as flux in blast furnaces and during this time was mined purely for this purpose so subsequently a lot of good stone was lost during this period, commercial mining stopped in 1926, and the showcave being opened to the public in 1935, small amounts are still worked away from the showcave around half a ton a year primarily for small items and jewellery 
   

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Derbyshire (show map)

Taken on: July 22, 2017

Tags:

underground

caves

castleton

caverns

mines « less

Sets appears in: • castleton

Groups appears in: • England • Caves and Mines more » • Pictures Of England • This Is England • england,uk • Geotagged : England • Castleton in Derbyshire, UK. • Photos Taken Underground • A Beautiful England • Underground mines « less

Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/4.5, 0.5 sec, 22mm, ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.5
Focal Length:	22mm
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Show full info

Stats: 492 views

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder