| P number: | P205031 |
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| Old photograph number: | A05097 |
| Caption: | Turner's Quarry, Anston, Yorkshire. Looking north-east |
| Description: | The pale yellow, bioclastic, dolomitic limestones (or magnesian limestones) from the Anston area have been used extensively for local building. The transport and use of the stone outside the local area was boosted by the opening of the Chesterfield Canal in the late 18th century. which allowed the stone to compete in markets as far away as London. The large working face evident in the quarry gives some idea of the scale of the former quarrying industry in the Anston area. The beds of limestone are here thick and yielded large blocks for building stone. Anston Stone was selected for use as the principal freestone in the construction of the Palace of Westminster (new Houses of Parliament 1839-52) buildings in London. It was transported from the quarries first by barge along the Chesterfield Canal and then by small boat via the Humber estuary and North Sea, to a quayside on the Thames embankment close to the building. |
| Date taken: | 01/08/1930 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 452500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 383500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 330.12 KB; 718 x 1000 pixels; 61 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 190 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Building stones, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Building stones, limestone |
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