Vehicle dip at Quickburn Quarry

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The photograph on this page of Vehicle dip at Quickburn Quarry by Trevor Littlewood as part of the Geograph project.

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Vehicle dip at Quickburn Quarry

Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 22 Sep 2011

The concrete road in the foreground gave vehicular access to the now disused quarry. As can be seen the road runs down a slight incline then through water so as to dip the wheels of any vehicle entering or leaving the site. The buildings beyond will be old quarry ones.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.778967
Longitude
-1.875438