P number: | P000110 |
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Old photograph number: | C03731 |
Caption: | Craignair Hill Quarry, Dalbeattie. Kirkcudbrightshire. Granite sett-making on the yard floor. |
Description: | Craignair Hill Quarry, Dalbeattie. Kirkcudbrightshire. Granite sett-making on the yard floor. A sett-maker wielding a hammer at work in front of his hut. On the left are the rough unprocessed blocks while to the right are carefully stacked finished setts. A 'sett' is stone roughly squared for paving. |
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: | 204.09 KB; 1000 x 721 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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