| P number: | P224925 |
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| Old photograph number: | NI00231 |
| Caption: | Small and Hayes' Quarry, Ballymakeonan, Townland 1400 yd. N. 55 1/2 degrees E. of Magheralin Church. Looking N. |
| Description: | Small and Hayes' Quarry, Ballymakeonan, Townland 1400 yd. N. 55 1/2 degrees E. of Magheralin Church. Looking N. Quarry in the Upper Chalk near Moira, Co. Down. General view of Upper Chalk (Senonian) with flint bands and nodules overlain by Clay-with-flints and Tertiary basalt (about 6 ft. seen). The chalk or 'White Limestone' is wrought by hand, the flints removed, and used in the production of Whiting and putty at the Whiting Mills, Magheralin (1? miles from quarry). |
| Date taken: | Sun May 01 00:00:00 BST 1955 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 351.47 KB; 1000 x 721 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Special collections/ Northern Ireland/ Down |
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