| P number: | P000083 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03589 |
| Caption: | Cowglen, near Thornliebank, 3 miles south-west of Glasgow. Renfrewshire. |
| Description: | In the early part of summer of 1936, during levelling operations for the construction of roads a 31 inch coal was exposed. As some subsidences took place several pits were dug revealing old stoop and room workings. No records existed for workings at this site though the 'New Statistical Account of Scotland' does state 'coal is wrought in the parish at Cowglen in a great number of seams of various thickness' and the coal is worked 'by leaving about one-fourth part of the coal in pillars for supporting the superincumbent strata'. Shallow stoop and room workings in Main or Rough Coal, exposed during excavations at New Fever Hospital site. 22 labourers armed with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows at work on the site. |
| Date taken: | Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1937 |
| 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: | 255500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 659500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 234.03 KB; 999 x 717 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 190 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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