| P number: | P204167 |
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| Old photograph number: | A04219 |
| Caption: | Shacksted Lane Quarry, 3/4 m. south of church,Godalming, Surrey. Looking south. |
| Description: | The light brown Lower Cretaceous sandstones worked in this quarry were commonly known in the area as Bargate Stone. These normally soft sandstones are locally cemented by calcium carbonate which produced a much harder stone, termed a dogger, more suitable for building purposes. The quarry men are shown jumping a stone. An iron block a is placed near the dogger to be moved, and an iron crowbar, some 6 ft. to 8 ft. long, is placed with one end under the dogger and resting on the iron block, which then acts as a fulcrum. A wooden plank is placed at right angles to the crowbar with one end resting on the free end of the bar. Several of the men then stand on the plank and jump up and down in unison to dislodge the dogger. The doggers of the Bargate Sandstone Formation were once a very important source of building stone for vernacular buildings in the area of its outcrop. The stone, however, was never important for building purposes outside its local area. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1927 |
| Photographer: | Edmunds, J.H. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 496500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 142500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 441.38 KB; 1000 x 733 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 194 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries |
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