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August, 1933
Combined Washing and Dry-Cleaning Plant at Backworth Colliery
Drawings and Photographs accompanying the article
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
 | Backworth Colliery — Washing & Dry-Cleaning Plant |
 | Fig. 1 — Showing thhe two elevator heads and rotary screens for separating the 1-in. coal |
 | Fig. 2 — General arrangement of dry cleaning and washing plant at Backworth Colliery |
 | Fig. 3 — View of the Eccles and Maude jig washers ; the raw coal launder feeding the Maude pit wash box is on the extreme left |
 | Fig. 4 — Hum-Mer screens ; the Eccles screen, 3/16-in., is in the foreground and the Maude screen 3/8-in., to the right of the picture |
 | Fig. 5 — General view of the separator floor, showing 1-in. to 3/16-in. Eccles, and 1-in to 3/8-in. Maude separators ; the finer separators, with aspirators, are in the background |
 | Fig. 6 — General view of the conveyor floor, showing substantial structure of building, expanded-metal machinery guards, &c. |
 | Fig. 7 — Raw coal bunkers, raw coal elevators and Birtley-Waring dust filters |
 | Fig. 8 — Contactor gear and switch panel |
Article reproduced from a copy of the magazine held at National Mining Museum Scotland, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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