| P number: | P207896 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A07974 |
| Caption: | Rodborough Farm opencast site, 1 m. SE of Packington Church, Ashby de la Zouch. |
| Description: | Rodborough Farm opencast site, 1 m. SE of Packington Church, Ashby de la Zouch. Opencast coal series. Subsoil removal by scraper. Stripping of subsoil begins after removal of the topsoil to a dump. Here a tractor-drawn scraper is beginning the removal of subsoil clay to a separate heap to that of the topsoil. |
| Date taken: | 04/06/1945 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 436500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 315500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 199.66 KB; 1000 x 704 pixels; 85 x 60 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 186 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries, opencast |
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