| P number: | P001613 |
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| Old photograph number: | TS01293 |
| Caption: | Dunbar Quarry, the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Limited limestone quarry at Oxwellmains, East Lothian. |
| Description: | Numerous plant can be seen in the quarry, a large drag-line excavator, both the boom and the bucket are controlled by cables from the cab; a four-wheeled loader mounted on rubber-tyres and with front-wheel steering, a crawler-tractor (bulldozer) and a dump-truck. View of the quarry showing the limestone face and boulder clay overburden. Two limestones are quarried, the Middle Skateraw and the Upper Longcraig limestones, both Carboniferous in age. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 BST 1976 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 371000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 675000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 216.38 KB; 1000 x 657 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 174 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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