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Quarries Collection (page 3)

Background imageQuarries Collection: Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset

Cell Interior, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed

Background imageQuarries Collection: Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset

Prison Gates, Portland Prison, Dorset
Uniformed officers stand at the entrance to Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Background imageQuarries Collection: Interior of RC Church, Portland Prison, Dorset

Interior of RC Church, Portland Prison, Dorset
The interior of the Roman Catholic church at Portland Prison, Dorset. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Background imageQuarries Collection: Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset

Machine stone cutting, Portland Prison, Dorset
A machine with toothed blades and a rotating saw cutting up stone. Portland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area

Background imageQuarries Collection: Political Meeting 1

Political Meeting 1
A political meeting is held in the former quarries at Puteaux

Background imageQuarries Collection: Political Meeting 2

Political Meeting 2
A political meeting is held in the former quarries at Puteaux

Background imageQuarries Collection: Penrhyn Quarries - 1

Penrhyn Quarries - 1
The slate quarries at Penrhyn, Bethesda, Anglesey, Wales. (1 of 3)

Background imageQuarries Collection: Penrhyn Quarries - 3

Penrhyn Quarries - 3
The slate quarries at Penrhyn, Bethesda, Anglesey, Wales. (3 of 3)

Background imageQuarries Collection: Penrhyn Quarries - 2

Penrhyn Quarries - 2
The slate quarries at Penrhyn, Bethesda, Anglesey, Wales. (2 of 3)

Background imageQuarries Collection: QUARRYING / 1867

QUARRYING / 1867
A view in the Carrara, the Ravaccione Quarries

Background imageQuarries Collection: Peru Ollantay

Peru Ollantay
The ancient quarries and Tampu of Ollantay

Background imageQuarries Collection: China Clay Quarry

China Clay Quarry
A china clay quarry near St. Austell, Cornwall. The quarries are often 300 feet deep and a mile round the top. The clay is washed out and the white sand is separated

Background imageQuarries Collection: Marble from Carrara

Marble from Carrara
Twelve oxen are needed to drag this piece of marble from the quarries at Carrara, Italy



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