P number: | P000116 |
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Old photograph number: | C03737 |
Caption: | Silver Grey Quarry, Creetown. Kirkcudbrightshire. A large granite block split into two on the quarry floor using the plug and feathers method. |
Description: | Silver Grey Quarry, Creetown. Kirkcudbrightshire. A large granite block split into two on the quarry floor using the plug and feathers method. Two quarrymen, one wielding a crowbar, displaying recently split large blocks using the 'plug and feather' method. A series of narrow holes a few inches apart were drilled by a pneumatic drill. Two half cylinders of steel called 'feathers' were inserted into all the holes. A steel wedge-shaped 'plug' was then inserted. The plugs were then hit in succession with a hammer and a straight split in the granite block would result. |
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: | 227.75 KB; 1000 x 724 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 192 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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