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30 April 2015

• 22:4122:41, 30 April 2015 diff hist +8,206‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of the Stirling and Glasgow areas ‎ Created page with "With depletion of stone from quarries in the vicinity of Edinburgh, the more easily worked stone from Stirlingshire quarries and those further west near Glasgow were brought t..."
• 22:3622:36, 30 April 2015 diff hist +5,361‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of Fife ‎ Created page with "Fife sandstone from Longannet, Cullalo, Grange and Fordell was shipped across the Forth to Leith. More quarries were brought into use by the Edinburgh builders exploiting the..."
• 22:3222:32, 30 April 2015 diff hist −16‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of West Lothian ‎ →‎= Craigton ={{DEFAULTSORT:}}
• 22:3122:31, 30 April 2015 diff hist +43‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of West Lothian ‎No edit summary
• 22:2922:29, 30 April 2015 diff hist +9,363‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Carboniferous of West Lothian ‎ Created page with "The Binny Sandstone of the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation was extensively worked in West Lothian and Midlothian. The completion of the Union Canal in 1822 allowed stone from..."
• 22:2222:22, 30 April 2015 diff hist +1,989‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Devonian of Angus and Caithness ‎ Created page with "== Carmyllie and Leoch == Flaggy sandstones of the Dundee Formation were extensively worked for paving stones at Carmyllie quarries, near Arbroath.' These quarries supplied st..."
• 19:2319:23, 30 April 2015 diff hist −23‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎ →‎Hailes
• 19:2219:22, 30 April 2015 diff hist −1,256‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎ →‎Hailes
• 19:1919:19, 30 April 2015 diff hist −1‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎ →‎Ravelston No. 2 and Ravelston Black
• 19:1819:18, 30 April 2015 diff hist −4‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎ →‎Redhall
• 19:1719:17, 30 April 2015 diff hist −8‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎ →‎Redhall
• 19:1519:15, 30 April 2015 diff hist −14‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎No edit summary
• 19:1419:14, 30 April 2015 diff hist +55‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎No edit summary
• 19:1119:11, 30 April 2015 diff hist +1,659‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Limestone Coal and Upper Limestone Formations ‎ Created page with "== Joppa Quarries == Three quarries worked strata in the Limestone Coal Formation and Upper Limestone Formation at Joppa. One was situated at the shore where sandstone was obt..."
• 19:0719:07, 30 April 2015 diff hist +39,332‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Gullane Formation ‎ Created page with "== Craigleith == The Craigleith Sandstone, within the Cullane Formation (Figure 3.4), attains a maximum thickness of 107m and comprises a highly siliceous, close-textured, fin..."
• 19:0619:06, 30 April 2015 diff hist −39,278‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation ‎No edit summary
• 19:0219:02, 30 April 2015 diff hist +16,562‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation ‎ Created page with "=== Ravelston No. 2 and Ravelston Black === The Ravelston Sandstone lies stratigraphically above the Craigleith Sandstone within the Gullane Formation (Table 3.1). It was work..."
• 19:0119:01, 30 April 2015 diff hist −16,680‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation ‎No edit summary
• 18:5718:57, 30 April 2015 diff hist +61,781‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation ‎ Created page with "Building stones in Edinburgh from the Ballagan Formation === The 'Salisbury' Quarries (Camstone and Dumbiedykes) === Early quarrying of sandstones of the Ballagan Formation a..."
• 18:5418:54, 30 April 2015 diff hist +57‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the Kinnesswood Formation ‎No edit summary
• 18:5218:52, 30 April 2015 diff hist 0‎ Building stones in Edinburgh from the Kinnesswood Formation ‎No edit summary
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• 18:5118:51, 30 April 2015 diff hist +10,663‎ N Building stones in Edinburgh from the Kinnesswood Formation ‎ Created page with "The oldest known quarries worked in Edinburgh exploited sandstones in the Kinnesswood Formation (formerly classified as part of the Upper Old Red Sandstone) of late Devonian t..."
• 18:2218:22, 30 April 2015 diff hist +32‎ Sandstones in Edinburgh's buildings – where to see them ‎ →‎Sources from around Scotland and England current
• 18:2118:21, 30 April 2015 diff hist −519‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones ‎ →‎Building stones of Edinburgh articles
• 18:1918:19, 30 April 2015 diff hist −1‎ Sandstones in Edinburgh's buildings – where to see them ‎ →‎Local sources
• 18:1818:18, 30 April 2015 diff hist +3,423‎ N Sandstones in Edinburgh's buildings – where to see them ‎ Created page with "== Local sources == For situation and durability of its building materials, few cities have equal advantages to Edinburgh, and there is, perhaps, no town of which the general..."

12 April 2015

• 17:0617:06, 12 April 2015 diff hist +45‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: stratigraphy and origin of sandstones ‎ →‎Permian and Triassic sandstone (‘New Red Sandstone’) of England
• 17:0417:04, 12 April 2015 diff hist +16,911‎ N Building stones of Edinburgh: use and availability of sandstones ‎ Created page with "== The use and availability of sandstone in Edinburgh == '''"Ideal stone is durable, strong and of a colour which would best bring out the architectural features of his [the a..."
• 15:1815:18, 12 April 2015 diff hist +773‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎No edit summary
• 15:1415:14, 12 April 2015 diff hist +8‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎No edit summary
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• 15:1015:10, 12 April 2015 diff hist +1,103‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎No edit summary
• 15:0715:07, 12 April 2015 diff hist +944‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎No edit summary
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• 15:0215:02, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3,663‎ N File:P000102.jpg ‎ Corsehill Quarry, Annan. Dumfriesshire. New section of quarry. Just after a blast loosened blocks are being raised to surface using a chain sling. Note the differential weathering, the hard sandstones stand proud while the interbedded fine-grained silt... current
• 15:0215:02, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3,470‎ N File:P000096.jpg ‎ Corsehill Quarry, Annan. Dumfriesshire. At the surface, a raised block is measured up and made ready for the dressing yard. Four quarrymen are seen working on the block. Blocks of various sizes are stored around including one on a bogie. The bogie is a... current
• 15:0015:00, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3,525‎ N File:P000095.jpg ‎ Locharbriggs Quarry. Dumfriesshire. A close-up showing the 'shot-grove' and chisel wedge method of splitting stone. Widely spaced holes are drilled and filled with black powder; once blown and the blocks dislodged, chisel wedges are driven in along pla... current
• 14:5914:59, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3,721‎ N File:P000092.jpg ‎ Locharbriggs Quarry, Dumfries. This photograph shows a general view of the working face. The sandstone was worked 'against the dip'. Situated at the top of the quarry is a regiment of modern electrically powered cranes with steel lattice jibs capable o... current
• 14:5714:57, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3‎ File:P000097.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
• 14:5514:55, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3,435‎ N File:P000097.jpg ‎ Corsehill Quarry, Annan. In the dressing yard masons are shown at work using mells (wooden mallets) and chisels on the stone. Note that many of the blocks were sawn and that the small holes cut in the faces were used for gripping the block with dogs an...
• 14:5314:53, 12 April 2015 diff hist +209‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎ →‎Working of the stone
• 14:5214:52, 12 April 2015 diff hist +3,273‎ N File:P000100.jpg ‎ Corncockle Quarry, Lochmaben. The close up shows use of the chisel wedge method to split the stone to the required dimensions. BGS Photograph C3606, P000100. (1937). current
• 14:4914:49, 12 April 2015 diff hist 0‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎ →‎The Workmen
• 14:4914:49, 12 April 2015 diff hist +1,186‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎No edit summary
• 14:4814:48, 12 April 2015 diff hist +1,803‎ N File:BuidingStonesEdinburghTools.jpg ‎ Hand implements used in stone working. Adapted from Merrill, G R Stones for Building and Decoration. (1910, New York: John Wiley & Sons) 1. Tooth chisel used on soft stone 2. Chisel or drove 3 Chisel used on soft stone and driven with wooden mallet... current
• 14:4514:45, 12 April 2015 diff hist +19,477‎ N Building stones of Edinburgh: quarrying methods ‎ Created page with ""There is no part of Scotland where the working of freestone is better understood or executed than in Edinburgh" GEORGE SMITH, 1835 == Quarrying methods == === Working of the..."
• 14:1714:17, 12 April 2015 diff hist +936‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties ‎No edit summary
• 13:5113:51, 12 April 2015 diff hist +54‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties ‎ →‎The Point-Load test
• 13:4913:49, 12 April 2015 diff hist −1‎ Building stones of Edinburgh: tests and properties ‎No edit summary