My grandad, George Shaw, with his workmates on the Lyttelton ...

The finely-shaped basalt rock often required work to shape it ...

It also supplied rubble and roading material

Machinery at work in Halswell quarry.

Blasting at Gollans Bay quarry.

Machinery working in Halswell quarry.

Plant at Halswell quarry where crushing operations are carried ...

Machinery at Halswell quarry.

View of Halswell quarry.

View of Halswell quarry.

View of the Halswell quarry prior to its transformation into a ...

Sheep grazing at Halswell Quarry.

This is part of my daily walk. Part of the Halswell Quarry ...

Entrance to the Fulton Hogan Quarry (333 Pound Road), Islington.