| P number: | P000020 |
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| Old photograph number: | C01553 |
| Caption: | White Moss Quarry, 4.8 km. south-east of Thurso. Caithness. Quarry in the 'stone-slates' i.e., thin flags splitting along the bedding planes. |
| Description: | White Moss Quarry, 4.8 km. south-east of Thurso. Caithness. Quarry in the 'stone-slates' i.e., thin flags splitting along the bedding planes. Stone slates are not true slates but a very hard, thin, dark, micaceous flag that was universally used as a roofing material. The spades are used for levering the 'slates' while they were trimmed into shape by hand with a hammer against a straight edge. Stone slates are one of five grades of stone quarried in Caithness: Rough flags or second quality flagstones; First quality flagstones; Stone slates; Building stone; Road metal. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1910 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 315500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 965500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 309.60 KB; 1000 x 732 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 194 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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