P number: | P000137 |
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Old photograph number: | C03761 |
Caption: | Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. The photograph shows some of the processing plant above the quarry. |
Description: | Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. The photograph shows some of the processing plant above the quarry. The building to the left is the crushing plant.The built-up platform on the far right is part of the blondin system for lifting stone and waste from the quarry floor. It was called the 'spion kop' after a battle in Natal during the Boer War. |
Date taken: | 01/06/1939 |
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: | 190.81 KB; 1000 x 714 pixels; 85 x 60 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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