| P number: | P207919 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A07997 |
| Caption: | Brown Spring Wood opencast site, 350 yd. W. 9 degrees N. Keppil's Column. Looking N. |
| Description: | Brown Spring Wood opencast site, 350 yd. W. 9 degrees N. Keppil's Column. Looking N. Opencast coal series. Forward preparation - tamping. The horizontal holes are charged with explosive, in this instance ammonal - and then tamped with fine cuttings filled in cylindrical paper bags. The rock to be blown is a sandstone above the Fenton Seam. |
| Date taken: | 08/06/1945 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 438500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 394500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 226.14 KB; 1000 x 693 pixels; 85 x 59 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 183 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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