Sujet

China clay mines near Bodmin, Cornwall, c1955. Creator: Arthur Charles Kirby Ware.

Légende

China clay mines near Bodmin, Cornwall, c1955. China clay, or kaolin, is an important raw material in many industries and applications. In 2009, up to 70% of kaolin was used in the production of paper. Following reduced demand from the paper industry, resulting from both competing minerals and the effect of digital media, in 2016 the market share was reported to be: paper, 36%; ceramics, 31%; paint, 7% and other, 26%.

Date

1955

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ware in the World

Notre référence

HRM26A36_069

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79.4Mo (3.4Mo) / 50.4cm x 39.5cm / 5951 x 4663 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel countryside road England industry manufacturing trade British geography color industrial Cornwall mining rustic location century mineral Britain concept United Kingdom tourist attraction fifties 1950s Thoroughfare Colour 20th century raw materials rural tourism decade geographical feature rural life TGN photograph landscape Kaolin ACK Ware Bodmin Regionalism china-clay Kaolinite china clay Ware in the World Arthur Charles Kirby Ware Ware Arthur Charles Kirby Ware ACK Ware A.C.K. A.C.K. Ware A C K Ware Ware A C K Jock Ware Ware Jock