Monandavan Diatomite Works
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Monandavan Diatomite Works (1876-1919)Description
This works predated the Great War, with material being sent to the explosives works at Ardeer. There was a narrow gauge system within the works which may have extended to Dinnet station. It closed at the end of the war.
The works was for the extraction and drying of Diatomite (Keiselguhr), a layer of which found below the peat.
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Works06/12/2021
| Nearby stations Dinnet Cambus o^ May Aboyne Aboyne Curlers Platform Dess Ballater Lumphanan Torphins Alford Glassel Whitehouse Tillyfourie Dee Street Halt Banchory [2nd] Banchory [1st] | Cambus o^ May Ballast Siding Cambus o^ May Suspension Bridge Aboyne Tunnel Milton of Tullich Siding Ballater Shed Bridge of Gairn Beltie Burn Viaduct Tourist/other Tomnaverie Stone Circle Dinnet House Cambus o^ May House Culsh Earth House Dess House Peel Ring of Lumphanan Craigievar Castle Mount Keen |
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