Title

Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Blasting the Granite Rock, 1857. 'One of the vast natural depots is the granite quarries at Rubislaw (pronounced Robsley), within a mile of Aberdeen [in Scotland]...The area already worked is several acres in extent; and from these quarries is procured the grey granite, called Aberdeen granite...After the operation of blasting...the larger blocks are again split, by means of wedges, which are driven in with forge-like hammers...The smaller blocks are then shaped in the quarry, and afterwards conveyed on board ship at Aberdeen. Large quantities are transported to London and other cities, where it is used for building purposes, or for the contruction of macadamised and other roads...Rubislaw quarry is wrought by Messrs. John Gibb and Son, civil engineers, who are engaged in the pavement trade'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_349

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3,5Mb (397,9Kb) / 17,7in x 13,4in / 1273 x 965 (72dpi)

Keywords

technology stone rocks rock industry British geography color Scotland industrial cliff cliffs century granite Aberdeen explosive Britain newspapers press quarry explosives blasting B&W engraved engraving Colour Construction Industry 19th century black & white black and white building materials B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper granite quarry Unknown 19th-century