Sujet

The Granite Quarries at Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Granite Quarries at Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, [Scotland], 1857. 'The pavement of London, extending through more than 5000 streets, and exceeding 2000 miles in length, is one of our metropolitan marvels; and we rarely see a street area broken up for repair without being reminded how vast are the operations by which the materials are brought from comparative solitudes to be strewed over the busiest haunt of man...One of the vast natural depots is the granite quarries at Rubislaw (pronounced Robsley), within a mile of Aberdeen, which is mostly built of it, and is hence called "the Granite City"...The area already worked is several acres in extent; and from these quarries is procured the grey granite, called Aberdeen granite...Rubislaw quarry is wrought by Messrs. John Gibb and Son, civil engineers, who are engaged in the pavement trade...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A76_351

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,8Mo (1000,2Ko) / 21,6cm x 13,7cm / 2555 x 1621 (300dpi)

Mots clés

stone industry British geography color Scotland industrial cliff cliffs century granite Aberdeen Britain newspapers press quarry 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 landscape granite quarry Unknown 19th-century