| P number: | P000082 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03536 |
| Caption: | Hailes Quarry, Slateford, Edinburgh. Midlothian. Blaes being worked for brick-making, overlying the Hailes Sandstone (Calciferous Sandstone Series). |
| Description: | Hailes Quarry, Slateford, Edinburgh. Midlothian. Blaes being worked for brick-making, overlying the Hailes Sandstone (Calciferous Sandstone Series). The photograph is taken looking south towards Kingsknowe Farm and shows the strata dipping into the face which has a thick overburden of glacial sand and gravel. Note the continuous wire cable tramway with a truck on an incline. Blaes is a Scottish term for a mudstone or shale that weathers to a crumbling mass and eventually a soft clay. The Calciferous Sandstone Series are of Lower Carboniferous age. |
| Date taken: | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1935 |
| 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: | 322500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 671500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 247.48 KB; 1000 x 716 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 189 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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