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P number: P001633
Old photograph number: C03874
Caption: Oil wells on D'Arcy Farm, Midlothian, (Anglo-American Oil Co.). Close-up view of boring operation at No. 6 Well, 1946.
Description: Oil wells on D'Arcy Farm, Midlothian, (Anglo-American Oil Co.). Close-up view of boring operation at No. 6 Well, 1946. The working platform where new drill lengths are added or removed depending on whether they are drilling or retrieving the drill string.
Date taken: Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 BST 1945
Photographer: Fisher, W.D.
Copyright statement: Crown
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
X longitude/easting: 336500
Y latitude/northing: 634500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 273.66 KB; 1000 x 727 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 192 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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