P number: | P000086 |
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Old photograph number: | C03592 |
Caption: | Cowglen, near Thornliebank, 3 miles south-west of Glasgow. Renfrewshire. Shallow stoop and room workings in Main or Rough Coal, exposed during excavations at New Fever Hospital site. |
Description: | Cowglen, near Thornliebank, 3 miles south-west of Glasgow. Renfrewshire. Shallow stoop and room workings in Main or Rough Coal, exposed during excavations at New Fever Hospital site. Nearer view of C03590 looking north-north-east approximately in the direction of strike. A number of labourers are seen on the site. The Rough and Stinking coals are the equivalents of the Main and Jewel seams at the Giffnock Colleries. |
Date taken: | 01/01/1937 |
Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
Copyright statement: | Crown |
Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
X longitude/easting: | 255500 |
Y latitude/northing: | 659500 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 303.44 KB; 1000 x 722 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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