The production of granite ballast commenced in 1895 and the site was modernized and enlarged by the SR in 1933. A figure of eight 2ft gauge system was installed in the quarry.
Facilities;
A corrugated iron clad 1TS dead ended shed on a timber frame with a corrugated iron gable-style roof was provided by the SR for the standard gauge loco. Located at SX56699258 it was rebuilt by BR in concrete blocks with a flat roof.
Locomotive Allocation & Duties;
Standard Gauge;
500S [1948-November 1949]
DS234 [January 1963-August 1966]
DS682 [November 1960-December 1962]
DS3152 [June 1950-August 1960]
08394 [November 1966-November 1967]  
Manœuvring materials from the screening plant to the sidings and assembling trains
2ft Gauge;
1832 [1948-c1950]
1833 [1948-c1950]
187073 [1948-c1950]

Centred on SX56759270. On the south side of the line, west of Okehampton Station

L&SWR Adams Class G6 0-6-0T No.DS3152 standing at the rebuilt Engine Shed at Meldon Quarry on June 1st, 1959.             Sid Nash

L&SWR Adams Class G6 0-6-0T No.DS3152 just after its arrival at Meldon Quarry on June 24th, 1950 and in the original style of Departmental livery and nomenclature.             AJ Wills Collection

L&SWR Adams Class G6 0-6-0T No.DS3152 at Meldon Quarry in June 1959.                                                          AJ Wills Collection