| P number: | P208105 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A08183 |
| Caption: | Broadway Pit, Newton Abbot. Looking NW. |
| Description: | Broadway Pit, Newton Abbot. Looking NW. Bovey Tracey ball clays. To the east of the open pit (A8182) the seam of clay 5 ft. thick to 90 ft. below surface and is worked by a small shaft with one compartment for ladder-way and pump rods and another for hoisting. The top of the ladder is seen. The wooden bucket is hoisted by crane and the clay dumped into a truck (below bucket) and taken up the ramp (in background) to the stock-pile. The 'bell crank' operating the pump is on the left of the shaft. |
| Date taken: | Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 1945 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 284500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 71500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 238.39 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/ Ball clay |
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