P number: | P000124 |
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Old photograph number: | C03747 |
Caption: | Rubislaw Quarry. Aberdeenshire. View at surface of the quarry showing granite blocks being dressed for building stone. |
Description: | Rubislaw Quarry. Aberdeenshire. View at surface of the quarry showing granite blocks being dressed for building stone. Pneumatic drills are being used to drill short holes in the large granite blocks to prepare them for splitting using the plug and feather method. One workman holds what is possibly a measuring stick against a granite block. |
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: | 391500 |
Y latitude/northing: | 805500 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 158.48 KB; 1000 x 736 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 195 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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