| P number: | P208414 |
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| Old photograph number: | A08492 |
| Caption: | Chalk workings near Lenham, Kent. |
| Description: | Looking west to the Chalk workings on the North Downs escarpment near Lenham, on the north side of Pilgrims' Way. The chalk, here being cut up by the disc-harrow, is used as a fertilizer, being applied directly to farming land in its finely-broken state. The soft, flintless nature of the chalk of the Terebratulina lata Zone and the gentle slope of the escarpment at this locality both favour this method of working. The chalk here contains numerous vertical pipes, filled with sands of the Lenham Beds; two of these may be seen to the right of the photograph. Chalk in a finely-broken form was quarried by means of mechanical scrapers at many places on the North and South Downs and was used, without additives, for agricultural purposes. Chalk has also been used for cement manufacture. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1950 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 591500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 152500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 240.05 KB; 1000 x 701 pixels; 85 x 59 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 185 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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