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Old photograph number: C03734
Caption: Silver Grey Quarry, Creetown. Kirkcudbrightshire. General view of the quarry face and floor showing method of working by means of crane and 'blondin'.
Description: Silver Grey Quarry, Creetown. Kirkcudbrightshire. General view of the quarry face and floor showing method of working by means of crane and 'blondin'. A steam-driven crane is seen in the centre, its vertical boiler positioned between the crane stays. The pulley wheel and tray in the centre are part of the blondin used to raise the granite blocks to the surface. Large recently split granite blocks surround the crane and two bogies are seen, one on and one off the railway tracks.
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: 248500
Y latitude/northing: 556500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 307.62 KB; 1000 x 728 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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