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Ellie Harrison watches quarry explosion

Ellie Harrison travels to Burlington Slate Quarry at Kirby-in-Furness in Cumbria where she meets quarry manager Steve Walker. Steve shows her how explosives are packed into the rock before the fuse is lit and the slate is blasted out of the ground.

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