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P number: P001497
Old photograph number: D01916
Caption: Dunbar Quarry, the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Limited limestone quarry at Oxwellmains, East Lothian.
Description: The limestone and shale suitable for cement-making occurs in two beds, the Middle Skateraw and Upper Longcraig limestones. The first is under 20 feet of overburden, the second is 72 feet down below a 30 feet thick sandstone and six feet of shale, both have to be extracted and being waste, are used for fill. Glacial overburden is being conveyed across the working face to a tip on the left by means of the large mobile 240 feet long transporter.
Date taken: 01/01/1976
Photographer: Christie, A.
Copyright statement: NERC
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
X longitude/easting: 371500
Y latitude/northing: 675500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Portrait
Size: 397.54 KB; 995 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 263 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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