| P number: | P207953 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A08031 |
| Caption: | Opencast coal, an opencast coal site worked by draglines awaiting levelling, Swallow section of Wentworth opencast site, Hood Hill Lodge, Yorkshire. |
| Description: | Looking north-east at Swallow section of Wentworth opencast site, 500 yd. E. 26 degrees S. Hood Hill Lodge. An opencast coal site worked by draglines awaiting levelling. A typical scene on an opencast site that has been worked by draglines, after the coal has been removed. Mounds have been built by the draglines during the backfilling of cuts. The next stage will be to level the area. This is one stage in the restoration of the land to agriculture. In the early years the restoration process was crude and ineffective but over the years techniques have improved greatly. The focus has been chiefly on agricultural land but in recent decades the successful protection, enhancement, translocation or creation of wildlife habitats has become important. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jun 07 00:00:00 BST 1945 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 436500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 397500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 175.87 KB; 1000 x 702 pixels; 85 x 59 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 186 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Opencast coal, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries, opencast |
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