Sunday 16 February 2014

Kemnay Quarries, a working granite quarry, 1939.

Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. General view of the mason's yard. Stockpiled finished stone in a variety of sizes all neatly labelled can be seen in front of the masons' sheds. A steam train is seen mounted on a light railway. In the distance is part of No. 2 Quarry with several blondins stretched across the quarry. The roofs of the sheds could open to allow the travelling steam crane to deposit stone inside for the masons to work on.
BGS Image ID: P000136
Kemnay Quarries. Aberdeenshire. General view of the mason's yard. Stockpiled finished stone in a variety of sizes all neatly labelled can be seen in front of the masons' sheds. A steam train is seen mounted on a light railway. In the distance is part of No. 2 Quarry with several blondins stretched across the quarry. The roofs of the sheds could open to allow the travelling steam crane to deposit stone inside for the masons to work on.

Kemnay Quarry, Aberdeenshire. Broken granite blocks after blast. Three quarrymen working at splitting a large block, one is wielding a pneumatic drill while the other two are using large crowbars.
BGS Image ID: P000132
Broken granite blocks after blast. Three quarrymen working at splitting a large block, one is wielding a pneumatic drill while the other two are using large crowbars.

Date of photographs: 1939.

 An earlier post on Kemnay can be viewed here

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  1. Unknown13 May 2014 at 06:36

    Great Post!!
    Thanks for sharing:)

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  2. fitzjames41@gmail.com18 June 2015 at 12:40

    Hi,
    In my opinion A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground. A quarry is the same thing as an open-pit mine from which minerals are extracted.Non Explosive Demolition Agent

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