| P number: | P202742 |
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| Old photograph number: | A02794 |
| Caption: | Salter Hall Quarry, Kirkland, about 5 furlongs S. of Rowrah Station, Salter and Eskett. Looking WNW. |
| Description: | Salter Hall Quarry, Kirkland, about 5 furlongs S. of Rowrah Station, Salter and Eskett. Looking WNW. Quarry in Fourth Limestone. Used for smelting: almost continuous with the left margin of A2793. The overburden is boulder clay. For limestone sequence see Geol. Mag., 1922, pp.81-3. Succession seen: 6. Junceum Beds. 5. Upper Alga ? Band. 4. Saccamina Beds. 3. Thin sandstone, partly filling hollows in the limestone. 2. Potholes Bed. 1. Spotted Beds (upper part); a mudstone near the top fills hollows in the limestone below (A2796-7). |
| Date taken: | Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 1924 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 306030 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 517561 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 298.80 KB; 1000 x 723 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, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Cement and lime, limestone quarries and chalk pits |
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