| P number: | P202301 |
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| Old photograph number: | A02353 |
| Caption: | Overend Quarry, near Hensingham, 1 1/2 m. SE of Whitehaven. Looking NNW. |
| Description: | Overend Quarry, near Hensingham, 1 1/2 m. SE of Whitehaven. Looking NNW. Middle of large quarry. The upper part of the quarry face, partly grassed over is boulder clay. The bare rock to the next grass patch below is Hensingham Grit (D3) at one time regarded as Millstone Grit. The rest of the quarry face is in First Limestone, the highest limestone of workable thickness of the Carboniferous Limestone Series. |
| Date taken: | Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 1922 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 299500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 516500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 285.95 KB; 1000 x 722 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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