Sujet

Work in progress at Medmenham Chalk Quarry, Medmenham, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1860-1922. Creator: Henry Taunt.

Légende

Work in progress at Medmenham Chalk Quarry, Medmenham, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1860-1922. Showing workmen using a crane and levers to lift blocks of chalk. Many of the houses in the village are built in this distinctive material.

Date

1860

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM26A05_400

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,9Mo (4,7Mo) / 41,7cm x 32,3cm / 4931 x 3820 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male work job man men industry worker country guy occupation British English industrial location century Britain profession chalk concept quarrying quarry Buckinghamshire B&W 19th century black & white black and white B W 20th century nineteenth century workers Medmenham quarryman TGN working photograph Henry Taunt HW Taunt Taunt Henry Historic England Historic England 19th-century quarrymen