Pennsylvania Geological Survey - Historical Photographs

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This collection includes photographs from the Pennsylvania Geological Survey Historical Photographs Collection.
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Detail of slate quarry
Detail of slate quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Detail of slate quarry, one-half mile northwest of Peach Bottom Station, Quarryville quadrangle
Details in Peters Creek Formation in railroad cut
Details in Peters Creek Formation in railroad cut
Stratigraphy
Details in Peters Creek Formation in railroad cut south of Benton, McCalls Ferry sheet.
Diabase boulders
Diabase boulders
Boulder Field
Diabase boulders in excavation for shopping center near Elizabethtown
Dolomite quarry
Dolomite quarry
Structure-Folds
Dolomite quarry. Pennsylvania Limestone and Cement Company, Rheems.
Dolomite quarry
Dolomite quarry
Structure
Dolomite quarry. Pennsylvania Limestone and Cement Company, Rheems.
Dolomite quarry, folded strata
Dolomite quarry, folded strata
Structure-Folds
Dolomite quarry, folded strata. Rheems, Pa.
Drag fold in Conestoga limestone along Route 72 at Lynden
Drag fold in Conestoga limestone along Route 72 at Lynden
Structure-Folds
Drag fold in Conestoga limestone along Route 72 at Lynden, south of Lancaster
Drilling for oil
Drilling for oil
Oil and Gas
Drilling for oil, Leaman Place, Lancaster County. Date of photograph not known.
East from Chickies Rock
East from Chickies Rock
Topography
East from Chickies Rock.
Eli Shreiner's quarry of Beekmantown limestone
Eli Shreiner's quarry of Beekmantown limestone
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Eli Shreiner's quarry of Beekmantown limestone, Brownstown.
Eshelman's Quarry
Eshelman's Quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Eshelman's Quarry. Tight overturned folds in west wall of quarry.
Eshelman's Quarry
Eshelman's Quarry
Nonmetallic Mineral Resources
Eshelman's Quarry. Tight overturned folds in west wall of quarry. This photograph was published in the Pennsylvania Department of Education's "Earth and Space Science--A Guide for Secondary Teachers" p. 41 (1973).
Excavation of diabase sheet
Excavation of diabase sheet
Engineering Geology
Excavation of diabase sheet for Route 230, north of Elizabethtown
Fault crossing Route 22
Fault crossing Route 22
Structure-Faults
Fault crossing Route 22, left side is leached
Fifth Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists
Fifth Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists
Field Conferences and Other Meetings
Railroad cut at New Providence, Conestoga-Wissahickon contact. Fifth Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists
Fites Eddy and Hennery Island
Fites Eddy and Hennery Island
Topography
Fites Eddy and Hennery Island, McCalls Ferry quadrangle looking south. Hennery Island on right.
Flood plain of the Octoraro Creek in large meander
Flood plain of the Octoraro Creek in large meander
Topography
Flood plain of the Octoraro Creek in large meander, one-half mile southwest of Lees Mill, Little Britain Township. Picture taken on Wood Farm. This is in the Wood's Mine area. All the underlying rock is serpentine. Four or five Diamond Drill holes were sunk in this flat during the summer (1941) in search of chromite ore
Fractured Chickies Rock
Fractured Chickies Rock
Stratigraphy
Fractured Chickies Rock, west side of river opposite Chickies Cliff., 22-49
Fractured rock
Fractured rock
Stratigraphy
Fractured rock. Chickies Rock. West side of river., 22-50
Fractured surface in Chickies Rock
Fractured surface in Chickies Rock
Stratigraphy
Fractured surface in Chickies Rock. West side of river., 22-47