| P number: | P000081 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03529 |
| Caption: | Creetown Quarry, Creetown. Wigtownshire. Granite quarry showing jointing. The granite is a Lower Old Red Sandstone intrusion. |
| Description: | Creetown Quarry, Creetown. Wigtownshire. Granite quarry showing jointing. The granite is a Lower Old Red Sandstone intrusion. The conspicuous steeply-dipping, north-north-west, 'cross-reed' joints with the less well-developed near vertical, east-north-east 'hem joints' are clearly seen. Several sett makers' huts and cranes occur on the quarry floor surrounded by stockpiles of finished setts. The granite is usually blasted off the 'cross-reed' joints by means of powder. |
| Date taken: | Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 1934 |
| Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 247500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 558500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 361.30 KB; 1000 x 729 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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