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P number: P000091
Old photograph number: C03597
Caption: Locharbriggs Quarry. Dumfriesshire. General view of the working platform. Shows method of working the Permian red sandstone against the dip of the beds. Forms part of a panorama with C03596.
Description: Locharbriggs Quarry. Dumfriesshire. General view of the working platform. Shows method of working the Permian red sandstone against the dip of the beds. Forms part of a panorama with C03596. At the top of the quarry are several electric-powered cranes. These powerful cranes with steel lattice jibs were capable of lifting blocks 12 feet by 6 feet to the top of the quarry.
Date taken: Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 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: 299500
Y latitude/northing: 580500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 301.34 KB; 1000 x 725 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 192 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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