Coordinates: 50°10′04″N 5°10′22″W / 50.1679°N 5.1727°W / 50.1679; -5.1727 Rosemanowes Quarry, near Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, was a granite quarry and the site of an early experiment in extracting geothermal energy from the earth using hot dry rock (HDR) technology.
Read more about Rosemanowes Quarry: Quarry, Geothermal Energy Research Project, Use By U.S. Forces During World War II, Location, See Also
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“This quarry cries on havoc. O proud Death,
What feast is toward in thine eternal cell,
That thou so many princes at a shot
So bloodily hast struck?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)