| P number: | P000183 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00932 |
| Caption: | Hailes Quarry, Slateford. Edinburgh. Quarry in Hailes Sandstone overlain by shales (Calciferous Sandstone Series). |
| Description: | Hailes Quarry, Slateford. Edinburgh. Quarry in Hailes Sandstone overlain by shales (Calciferous Sandstone Series). A general view of the quarry looking north. A tramway crosses the quarry while in the middle distance several cranes and a steam pumping house can be seen. The Calciferous Sandstone Series is Lower Carboniferous in age. Craigleith Quarry was said to have been in operation for over 300 years in 1892. It is now totally filled in. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1913 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 320800 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 670500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 210.11 KB; 999 x 759 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 201 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries |
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