| P number: | P207899 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A07977 |
| Caption: | Tinsley Park opencast site, 1300 yd. S. 40 degrees W. from Tinsley Wood Tunnel. Looking N. |
| Description: | Tinsley Park opencast site, 1300 yd. S. 40 degrees W. from Tinsley Wood Tunnel. Looking N. Opencast coal series. Subsoil stripping and dumping. Soil stripping has been completed as far as the belt of trees. The four tractor-drawn scrapers are dumping shale excavated from the dark coloured area under which the seam lies. The bulldozer (furthest from the camera) is making a ramp to the cut. |
| Date taken: | 11/06/1945 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 440500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 388500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 261.17 KB; 1001 x 730 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 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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