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La Rosiere Quarry - Powder Magazine

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Grade 	Listed Building Grade 2 Building type 	Industrial building Property name or no. 	La Moye Quarry Magazine

Road name 	La Rue de la Corbiere Parish 	St. Brelade Statement of significance 	Rare survival of early 19th century magazine associated with stone quarry.

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Historic interest 	Stone quarry powder magazine, 19th century. Stone quarrying has a long history in Jersey stretching over many centuries and is of central importance to the built heritage and character of the island. Historic quarrying has left numerous sites with artificial cliff faces or craters but with few buildings. One of the best examples of this locally significant industrial activity are the complex of integrated structures at the former La Moye Quarry (also known as La Moie or La Rosiere Quarry). The quarry at La Moye opened in the first half of the 19th century supplying high-class pink granite for building and ornamentation. Under control of the Channel Islands Granite Company, the quarry produced stone for the construction of the Victoria Embankment in London between 1864-1870.

After the Embankment was completed the company went into liquidation and the quarry remained deserted until Corbiere (La Moye Quarries) Station opened in 1884 providing a railway link to the harbour. The quarry then shipped granite to England, principally for paving works. Among local uses for the granite was the plinth for the statue of Queen Victoria unveiled in 1890. After the Occupation the owners, the Le Quesne family, disposed of their quarrying interests as much of the machinery had been taken away or destroyed during the war and it was not financially viable to restart. The quarry and surrounding land was later given to the People of Jersey to be kept as an open space for their enjoyment. Jersey New Waterworks Company Limited constructed a seawater desalination plant in 1968 - replaced in 1999.

External Description 	Various structures from the historic quarry site survive - all of which played their part in the quarrying process and should be considered in their wider setting and context, including the crusher house, lower blondin cableway mast, and powder magazine. The early 19th century magazine that stored the quarry explosives stands some distance away on the headland - a low square hut of massive granite walls and tiled roof.

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