| P number: | P204732 |
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| Old photograph number: | A04784 |
| Caption: | Lane Head Quarry, , 1/2 m. south of Shepley. Looking west, Yorkshire. |
| Description: | Lane Head Quarry was one of many quarries in the Shepley area working the blue-grey, fine-grained, sandstones of the Carboniferous Greenmoor Rock for building stone used in the Glossop-Holmfirth area. The extensive working face of the quarry gives some indication of its former importance locally. The sandstone was raised in large blocks to produce block stone, sills, mullions and setts. The more thinly-bedded units were worked for flagstones and monument slabs. The Greenmoor Rock is a particularly important souce of building stone in the Shepley area. It was described by one writer as 'perhaps the most beautiful and valuable stone of the Yorkshire Coal Measures'. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1929 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 419500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 408500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 337.17 KB; 708 x 1000 pixels; 60 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 187 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Building stones |
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