| P number: | P006801 |
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| Old photograph number: | A11267 |
| Caption: | Guestling Brickworks Ltd., Three Oaks, near Hastings. Looking E. |
| Description: | Guestling Brickworks Ltd., Three Oaks, near Hastings. Looking E. Firing of brick kilns. Specialist hand-made facing bricks are manufactured in this small brick-works. Silty loamy 'Head' is dug nearby and used as raw materials. The two kilns are of round down-draught type and are used alternately in weekly firing cycles, during which the bricks are raised to a temperature of 1200 C. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1967 |
| Photographer: | Jeffery, C.J. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from JIDI the JISC Image Digitization Initiative |
| X longitude/easting: | 584050 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 115830 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 226.96 KB; 1000 x 788 pixels; 85 x 67 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 208 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Industrial geology, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Bricks, clay and marl quarries |
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