Blasting Rock at Moll's Gap
24th January 1968; County Council workers testing a new method of blasting rock using 3/4 ton of gelignite near Moll's Gap. The exploded rock covered 50 yds. of road between Killarney and Sneem. It took workers a day to clear the road using bulldozers.
Photo ID: BWM001
Created: January 24, 1968
Author: © Padraig & Joan Kennelly/Kennelly Archive
© Kennelly Archive
Photo size: 21.7 Mpixels (62.2 MB uncompressed) - 5190x4189 pixels (17.3x14 in / 43.9x35.5 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 1968, Co. Kerry, Construction/Reconstruction, Industry & Commerce, Ireland, Related Images 680018, Rock blasting, Sixties, Tralee
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