Purbeck Ball Clay industry

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Purbeck_Ball_Clay_industry
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:industry
gptkbp:beganIn 17th century
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:environmentalImpact habitat loss
landscape alteration
gptkbp:exportedTo gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:hasResource underground mining
open-pit mining
gptkbp:historicalSignificance important to British ceramics industry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Purbeck Ball Clay industry
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Dorset
gptkb:Isle_of_Purbeck
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Sibelco
gptkb:Imerys
gptkbp:notableEvent decline in late 20th century
expansion during Industrial Revolution
gptkbp:product ball clay
gptkbp:regulates UK environmental agencies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Josiah_Wedgwood
gptkb:Wareham
gptkb:Norden
gptkb:Corfe_Castle
gptkb:Poole_Harbour
gptkb:Swanage_Railway
gptkb:Purbeck_Mineral_and_Mining_Museum
gptkb:English_China_Clays
Dorset ball clay
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:railway_line
horse-drawn wagons
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:ceramics
dish
tiles
sanitaryware
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Purbeck_Mineral_and_Mining_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8