P number: | P000107 |
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Old photograph number: | C03728 |
Caption: | Craignair Hill Quarry, Dalbeattie. Kirkcudbrightshire. A view of the base of quarry showing a jumble of granodiorite blocks brought down by blasting. |
Description: | Craignair Hill Quarry, Dalbeattie. Kirkcudbrightshire. A view of the base of quarry showing a jumble of granodiorite blocks brought down by blasting. The photograph shows a number of quarrymen and their hand tools, mostly sledgehammers and crowbars but also including a pneumatic drill. In the centre a block has recently been split by the 'plug and feathers' method. |
Date taken: | Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1939 |
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: | 281500 |
Y latitude/northing: | 560500 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 276.17 KB; 1000 x 714 pixels; 85 x 60 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 189 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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