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摘要

Located near the village of Aikshaw, in Cumbria, Overby Quarry is owned and operated by Thomas Armstrong (Aggregates) Ltd (TAL), part of the Thomas Armstrong holding company. The company's Aggregates division consists of two sand and gravel operations, one at Overby and a second near Carlisle, where material is extracted from a lake by dragline. Within this division the company operates a fleet of 60 trucks that cover tipper, crane, tanker and flat-bed work. The fleet operates out of Overby Quarry transporting sand and bagged and bulk aggregates to block-making and ready-mixed concrete plants, builders and construction sites within a 90-mile radius. Overby Quarry is a long-established site that was originally jointly worked by TAL and another company. TAL also worked the adjacent New Cowper Quarry, which was closed 15 years ago and reinstated.