| P number: | P000134 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03758 |
| Caption: | Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. Handling stone at the surface by means of a 'blondin'. |
| Description: | Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. Handling stone at the surface by means of a 'blondin'. The photograph clearly shows a blondin with a load of setts being transported across the yard. Railway tracks are seen in the foreground. Various piles of completed setts can be seen outside larger masons' sheds in the centre and individual sett-maker's huts to the right. John Fyfe of Kenmay Quarry invented blondins and first used them in 1873. They were named after the famous French tight-rope walker Charles Blondin (real name Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-97). |
| 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: | 373500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 816500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 235.11 KB; 1000 x 715 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 189 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Roadstone |
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