P number: | P207774 |
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Old photograph number: | A07852 |
Caption: | Alpha Cement Co.'s Chalk-pit, 1 m. WSW of Cliffe Church. Looking W. |
Description: | Alpha Cement Co.'s Chalk-pit, 1 m. WSW of Cliffe Church. Looking W. Chalk for cement. This large quarry is excavated nearly down to the permanent water-table in the Chalk. Note the regularity of the flint band on the left and the overburden of disturbed material on the right (see A7853). |
Date taken: | Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 BST 1938 |
Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
Copyright statement: | Crown |
X longitude/easting: | 572500 |
Y latitude/northing: | 175500 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 188.38 KB; 1000 x 715 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 189 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Cement and lime, limestone quarries and chalk pits |
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