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Expired plate seen on heavy equipment in Wallingford, Vermont. The uses of these plates are as follows: Category One: Heavy Equipment. Category Two: Truckcrane, Wrecker, Concrete Form Truck, Concrete Pumper Truck, Bituminous Distributor, Calcium Chloride Distributor, Full or Semi Full Flotation Applicator, Well Driller Tender Truck, Permanently Mounted Well Drilling Machine, Road Oiler, Water Tanker (Dust Controll Only), Building Mover.
Most of the rock along these cliffs is miocene era Santa Cruz mudstone (about 7-9 ma). The vertical band is a later intrusion, or "dike," of bituminous sandstone. Dikes like these were actually mined to make asphalt to pave the streets of San Francisco in the late 19th century. The honey colored mudstone is fascinating in itself. It's incredibly light. You can lift a watermelon sized hunk of it with one hand.
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Cannel coal from the Pennsylvanian of England. (~5.9 centimeters along the base)
Cannel is an odd variety of coal. It doesn’t have the look and feel of ordinary coal ranks such as lignite, bituminous, and anthracite. Cannel coals are low-density (lightweight for their size), as all coals are, but are surprisingly tight and solid - they hold up to natural weathering pretty well, considering they’re coals. They tend to have a satiny or velvety luster, are not sooty to the touch, and frequently have conchoidal fracture (smooth & curved fracture surfaces). Cannel coals lack the well-developed horizontal bedding & laminations seen in lignites and bituminous coals.
Not surprisingly, the differences in physical characterstics between cannel coal and other ranks of coal are due to the organic matter content. Cannel coals are composed principally of fossil spores (sporinite phytoclasts). Garden-variety coals are composed principally of a mix of altered fragmented plant debris that was originally woody tissue, leaves, fungi, and spores. Cannel coals are generally interpreted as having formed in pond, lagoon, or channel facies within a larger coal swamp setting.
The sample seen here is from the Wigan area of England. Cannel coal has been mined in the area for many centuries.
Stratigraphy: unrecorded / undisclosed Pennsylvanian-aged unit ("Upper Carboniferous")
Location: unrecorded / undisclosed locality at or near the town of Wigan, west of Manchester, England
Cannel coal from the Pennsylvanian of England. (field of view ~6.4 centimeters across)
Cannel is an odd variety of coal. It doesn’t have the look and feel of ordinary coal ranks such as lignite, bituminous, and anthracite. Cannel coals are low-density (lightweight for their size), as all coals are, but are surprisingly tight and solid - they hold up to natural weathering pretty well, considering they’re coals. They tend to have a satiny or velvety luster, are not sooty to the touch, and frequently have conchoidal fracture (smooth & curved fracture surfaces). Cannel coals lack the well-developed horizontal bedding & laminations seen in lignites and bituminous coals.
Not surprisingly, the differences in physical characterstics between cannel coal and other ranks of coal are due to the organic matter content. Cannel coals are composed principally of fossil spores (sporinite phytoclasts). Garden-variety coals are composed principally of a mix of altered fragmented plant debris that was originally woody tissue, leaves, fungi, and spores. Cannel coals are generally interpreted as having formed in pond, lagoon, or channel facies within a larger coal swamp setting.
The sample seen here is from the Wigan area of England. Cannel coal has been mined in the area for many centuries.
Stratigraphy: unrecorded / undisclosed Pennsylvanian-aged unit ("Upper Carboniferous")
Location: unrecorded / undisclosed locality at or near the town of Wigan, west of Manchester, England
heres a great old sign. lots of dust on this one. just for information sake heres what wikipedia says about "coke"
Since smoke-producing constituents are driven off during the coking of coal, coke forms a desirable fuel for stoves and furnaces in which conditions are not suitable for the complete burning of bituminous coal itself. Coke may be burned with little or no smoke under combustion conditions, while bituminous coal would produce much smoke.
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Cannel coal from the Pennsylvanian of England. (~5.9 centimeters along the base)
Cannel is an odd variety of coal. It doesn’t have the look and feel of ordinary coal ranks such as lignite, bituminous, and anthracite. Cannel coals are low-density (lightweight for their size), as all coals are, but are surprisingly tight and solid - they hold up to natural weathering pretty well, considering they’re coals. They tend to have a satiny or velvety luster, are not sooty to the touch, and frequently have conchoidal fracture (smooth & curved fracture surfaces). Cannel coals lack the well-developed horizontal bedding & laminations seen in lignites and bituminous coals.
Not surprisingly, the differences in physical characterstics between cannel coal and other ranks of coal are due to the organic matter content. Cannel coals are composed principally of fossil spores (sporinite phytoclasts). Garden-variety coals are composed principally of a mix of altered fragmented plant debris that was originally woody tissue, leaves, fungi, and spores. Cannel coals are generally interpreted as having formed in pond, lagoon, or channel facies within a larger coal swamp setting.
The sample seen here is from the Wigan area of England. Cannel coal has been mined in the area for many centuries.
Stratigraphy: unrecorded / undisclosed Pennsylvanian-aged unit ("Upper Carboniferous")
Location: unrecorded / undisclosed locality at or near the town of Wigan, west of Manchester, England
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics,
School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, "Bituplaning: A Low Dry Friction Phenomenon of New Bituminous Road Surfaces" By John Charles Bullas BSc MSc MIAT MIHT FGS May 2007 Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Cannel coal from the Pennsylvanian of England. (~5.9 centimeters along the base)
Cannel is an odd variety of coal. It doesn’t have the look and feel of ordinary coal ranks such as lignite, bituminous, and anthracite. Cannel coals are low-density (lightweight for their size), as all coals are, but are surprisingly tight and solid - they hold up to natural weathering pretty well, considering they’re coals. They tend to have a satiny or velvety luster, are not sooty to the touch, and frequently have conchoidal fracture (smooth & curved fracture surfaces). Cannel coals lack the well-developed horizontal bedding & laminations seen in lignites and bituminous coals.
Not surprisingly, the differences in physical characterstics between cannel coal and other ranks of coal are due to the organic matter content. Cannel coals are composed principally of fossil spores (sporinite phytoclasts). Garden-variety coals are composed principally of a mix of altered fragmented plant debris that was originally woody tissue, leaves, fungi, and spores. Cannel coals are generally interpreted as having formed in pond, lagoon, or channel facies within a larger coal swamp setting.
The sample seen here is from the Wigan area of England. Cannel coal has been mined in the area for many centuries.
Stratigraphy: unrecorded / undisclosed Pennsylvanian-aged unit ("Upper Carboniferous")
Location: unrecorded / undisclosed locality at or near the town of Wigan, west of Manchester, England
This is a Mississippian-Pennsylvanian boundary section in eastern Ohio. At most sites in North America, the boundary is a significant unconformity - it's actually a megasequence boundary (Sloss sequence boundary) between the Absaroka Megasequence (above) and the Kaskaskia Megasequence (below). The boundary is along the middle of the photo.
The cliff-forming unit in the middle part of the picture is a quartzose sandstone that represents the basal-preserved Pottsville Group at this locality. Mixed siliciclastics occur above. The sandstone unit is here interpreted to be the Massillon Sandstone, a variably-developed member in the lower to middle Pottsville Group.
Laterally at this site, a relatively thin bituminous coal horizon is present just below the sandstone. The identity of this coal bed is uncertain, but it may be the Quakertown Coal (or Number 2 Coal), or an unnamed coal, or the Wellston Coal (a name from Jackson County, Ohio). If the sandstone unit is misidentified (i.e., it's not the Massillon), it could be the Sharon Sandstone. If so, the underlying coal is the Sharon Coal.
The grayish rocks in the bottom half of the picture are siliciclastics of the Vinton Member, the uppermost of four members of the Logan Formation. The Vinton consists of marine mixed siliciclastics - principally shales, siltstones, and sandstones.
Stratigraphy: inferred Massillon Sandstone (lower Pottsville Group, upper Lower Pennsylvanian) over Vinton Member, (upper Logan Formation, Osagean Series, upper Lower Mississippian)
Locality: Trinway West 6 Outcrop - roadcut on the northwestern side of Rt. 16, 1.0 miles northeast of the Rt. 16-Old Riley Road intersection, northeast of the town of Frazeysburg & west of the town of Trinway, northwestern Muskingum County, Ohio, USA (40° 08' 41.54" North latitude, 82° 05' 06.18" West longitude)
Lockridge Museum & Park, Alburtis, PA
"Iron transformed Alburtis from a sleepy farm village into an industrial giant. The railroad steamed into town in 1864, bringing together nearby raw materials needed for ironmaking. By 1868 Lock Ridge Furnace lit the skies, turning iron ore into the iron essential for a growing America.
Then the iron industry began moving west. Western Pennsylvania’s softer bituminous coal could be made into coke--the best fuel for ironmaking. Unable to compete with furnaces nearer this new fuel, Lock Ridge closed in 1921. Today, local preservation efforts have saved this relic of industrial might for future generations. The Lehigh County Historical Society offers tours of the ruins and reconstructions May-September Sat. and Sun., 1-4 p.m. You can also enjoy a special day at the furnace during the Spring Fling community festival, noon-5 p.m. on the first Sunday of May. "