| P number: | P000139 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03765 |
| Caption: | Sclattie Quarry, Bucksburn. Aberdeenshire. General view at base of the granite quarry showing powerful inclined joint or 'slide'. |
| Description: | Sclattie Quarry, Bucksburn. Aberdeenshire. General view at base of the granite quarry showing powerful inclined joint or 'slide'. The other significant feature in the photograph is the stairway used as access for the quarrymen. Buckets full of finer waste and large blocks await lifting by the blondin. Joints are a fracture in the rock between the sides of which there has been no relative movement. In the granites most of the jointing would have formed during cooling of the molten granite during emplacement, though some may be caused by unloading of the granite when the cover is eroded away. |
| 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: | 389500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 809500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 290.82 KB; 1000 x 729 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Roadstone |
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