| P number: | P001490 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01750 |
| Caption: | Westfield Opencast Site, located five miles south-east of Kinross, Fife Region. Working in the Ochil Fault zone looking to the west. |
| Description: | Westfield Opencast Site, located five miles south-east of Kinross, Fife Region. Working in the Ochil Fault zone looking to the west. A scene of much activity, distributed at several levels are six face-shovel rope excavators, rotary drilling rigs, most in a vertical position and a large number of dump trucks. Maintenance of this equipment follows regular servicing schedules at the plant maintenance department which is divided into three main sections; Field Plant, the excavators; drills and pumps; the Workshops which maintain the mobile equipment and the Electrical Department which deals with the routine maintenance of the electrically powered excavators and other equipment. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1974 |
| Photographer: | Donald, S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 320700 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 699100 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 224.79 KB; 1000 x 816 pixels; 85 x 69 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 216 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Industrial geology |
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