Stone breaker, North Ronaldsay:: OS grid HY7654 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

HY7654 : Stone breaker, North Ronaldsay

near to North Ronaldsay Airfield, Orkney Islands, Great Britain

Stone breaker, North Ronaldsay

The maintenance instructions are moulded on the casing of this machine: "Lubricate this breaker well, tightened bolts prevent all rapping, and be sure all parts are clean, that's the way to keep it knapping."

On the other end is: "Improved patent knapping motion stone breaker, sole makers W.H. Baxter Ltd. Leeds".

There is a less complete example on Papa Westray HY4953 : Abandoned machine, Papa Westray and something similar on Sanday HY6738 : Stone breaker, Els Ness.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]

year taken

2006

· Find out how to reuse this image · For example on your webpage, blog, a forum, or Wikipedia. ·
	Start a discussion on HY7654		Suggest an update to this image		Contact the contributor

1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright

TIP: Click the map for Large scale mapping
Change to interactive Map >

Grid Square: HY7654, 8 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Rob Burke (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (Second Visitor for HY7654)
Date Taken: Monday, 22 May, 2006 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 23 August, 2006
Category: Equipment > Machinery (disused) (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: HY 7695 5482 [10m precision]
WGS84: 59:22.7407N 2:24.4451W
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)