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Heddle Quarry - Finstown
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Heddle Quarry - Finstown

Drilling rig up on top. No kites were used in the manufacture of this photograph.
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Picture added on 05 January 2008
Comments:
Nice shot Sandy, Always nice to see the old works 20. Nice drilling rig too, what an improvement on the one I mentioned with picture #5459

Ron
Added by Ron Greatrix on 07 January 2008
Yes Ron - a bit of an improvement on the old four holes a day rig. The rig in this photo was contracted in by Orkney Aggregates Ltd. It was all computer controlled. It did everything, except put on the kettle. That job, the most important, was mine.
Added by Sandy on 08 January 2008
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