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Old photograph number: D05529
Caption: Oblique aerial view of Blindwells Opencast Site, Tranent, looking from the east-north-east. Working opencast coal site, in coals of the Limestone Coal Formation, showing various stages in the process.
Description: Oblique aerial view of Blindwells Opencast Site, Tranent, looking from the east-north-east. Working opencast coal site, in coals of the Limestone Coal Formation, showing various stages in the process. The working face is in the foreground; backfilled spoil in the centre - colours of each load derive from different materials, white and pale brown = sandstone, pale and dark grey = siltstone and shale, dark brown = glacial till overburden; black area = coal storage, pale brown areas = restored overburden. Top left is worked area fully restored to agricultural use. Bottom right is undisturbed ground.
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: 342500
Y latitude/northing: 674000
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Portrait
Size: 464.08 KB; 996 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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