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Belnahua Slate Quarry View of worker's houses
SC 555589
Description Belnahua Slate Quarry View of worker's houses
Date 1978
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 555589
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Former slate quarries, Belnahua Island, off Luing, Argyll This island was worked for its slate in the 19th and early 20th century, to the extent that the island itself was almost completely removed by the quarries, the surviving island being composed mainly of slate waste. This view shows the roofless ruins of the workers' houses, workshops and offices which served the quarries. The nearest building was a block of houses, and immediately to it left are the remains of a steam-operated derrick crane. The quarries were worked out before the First World War, and the island abandoned. Much of the metalwork was removed for scrap, but in 1978 enough remained to show how the quarries had been worked. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H78/270/14
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/555589
File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap
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