Steam crane machinery
Photograph of two workmen beside a large smoking steam crane as it lifts material out of a pit.
The Permian and Triassic sandstones of the Dumfries area, particularly those from the quarries at Locharbriggs, were widely used as building stones. At the peak of the sandstone quarrying industry in the late 1800s almost 200,000 tons of sandstone were being quarried each year. Although this stone was used locally, large amounts were sent out of the area. Many of the late Victorian buildings of Glasgow and Edinburgh were built in Dumfries sandstone, as were the 'brownstones' of New York.
Object no :
DMPG025n
Collection :
Creator :
NA
Place of Production :
Locharbriggs, Dumfries
Dimensions :
length 150mm, width 204mm
Materials :
paper
Location :
NA
Accession number :
PP/Mining&Quarrying/19
Copyright :
Dumfries & Galloway Council