| P number: | P202591 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A02643 |
| Caption: | Close Brow Quarry, Rishton. Looking W. |
| Description: | Close Brow Quarry, Rishton. Looking W. Millstone Grit, Lancashire. The outer quarry is in Haslingden Flags, the inner quarry shown behind is in the Flags and the mudstone and shale beneath. The ridge of rock between the quarries is the inferior flags with mudstone partings. The high dip of the Rishton monocline is shown. The lines crossing the bedding-planes and trending downwards to the left are main joints. |
| Date taken: | Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 1923 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 370500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 430500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 280.38 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/ Building stones, sandstone, Geoscience subjects/ Sedimentary features/ Bedding-planes |
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