Sujet

Greatgate Quarry, Croxden, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, 24/04/1958. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

A view over 'Park Quarry' in Great Gate showing workers quarrying sandstone for the construction of Coventry Cathedral. 30,000 tonnes of rose red sandstone was supplied by this quarry, owned by Stanton and Bettany Ltd, and another close by called Fielding's Quarry.

Date

1958

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_161

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

78,1Mo (4,7Mo) / 43,7cm x 44,8cm / 5160 x 5288 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England agriculture people male work man men farming religious stone industry worker country religion guy British cathedral English church sandstone industrial Christianity machine machinery location century Britain company concept quarrying quarry tractor B&W Staffordshire farm machinery fifties 1950s black & white black and white B W 20th century workers agricultural machinery Coventry Cathedral decade TGN working photograph Croxden Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc Greatgate Quarry Stanton and Bettany Ltd