P number: | P000144 |
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Old photograph number: | C03776 |
Caption: | Bogside No. 2 Site, Westfield Coalfield, north-east of Ballingry. Opencast coal production. Fifeshire. General view of part of site. Looking north. |
Description: | Bogside No. 2 Site, Westfield Coalfield, north-east of Ballingry. Opencast coal production. Fifeshire. General view of part of site. Looking north. Shows rockhead, with Bogside Thick Group of coals forming dark band below roadway, middle distance on left. Shovel excavators are loading dumper trucks. The Bogside Thick Group is part of the Passage Group (Scottish Millstone Grit), Carboniferous age. The excavator bears the markings 24RB (Ruston-Bucyrus, the makers) and Wimpey. |
Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 BST 1944 |
Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
Copyright statement: | Crown |
Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 222.15 KB; 1000 x 726 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 192 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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