| P number: | P211740 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A12203 |
| Caption: | Clay Colliery Opencast Site, Telford. Looking NE. |
| Description: | Clay Colliery Opencast Site, Telford. Looking NE. Old coal mine workings. Exposure in coal and fireclay opencast site shows Best Coal and Randle Coal overlying the mined horizon of the Clod Coal. Now backfilled with gob (a loose fill of waste coal, shale and clay). Method of mining this system was by longwalling, effecting total extraction. Note pit props used in mining. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1974 |
| Photographer: | Evans, H.J. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 366270 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 306550 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 378.67 KB; 1001 x 803 pixels; 85 x 68 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 212 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Coal |
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