| P number: | P001282 |
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| Old photograph number: | D05487 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of New Craighall, Musselburgh, Musselburgh Bay, Cockenzie Power Station, looking from the south-west. |
| Description: | Generally flattish areas of late-glacial raised beach, with good rich fine sand to clay soils, forming good arable land, but gradually being built on by Musselburgh. Coal-fired Cockenzie Power Station on coast top right, the fly ash from which is creating made ground reclaimed from the intertidal flats of Musselburgh Sands by controlled tipping into lagoons behind a new sea-wall. Various stages of land reclamation are seen inside the sea-wall, including: settling-pond currently being filled with fly-ash sludge; infill forming mound; pond part filled and left as recreational facility; infill mound with wildlife ponds created on top. The East Lothian coastal plain with the Lower Carboniferous volcanic plug of North Berwick Law is in the top right. The Fife skyline across the Firth of Forth is in the top left. |
| Date taken: | Wed May 01 00:00:00 BST 1996 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 332500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 671900 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 379.97 KB; 1000 x 986 pixels; 85 x 83 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 261 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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