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September, 1956
Acorn Bank Opencast Site — Part 1
Drawings and Photographs accompanying the article
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
 | One of the two Bucyrus-Erie 1150B draglines at work |
 | Fig. 1. The box-cut, 3,200 ft. long, 100 ft. wide and 230 ft. deep |
 | Fig. 2. The Euclid twin-power scraper with a struck capacity of 18 yards |
 | Fig. 3. A 58BH Joy-Sullivan air-blast rotary drill |
 | Fig. 4. A 22-ton rear-dump Euclid being loaded direct by a 22cu. yd. Hendrix bucket |
 | Fig. 5. The 40-ton bottom-dump semi-trailer used for coal hauling on the new road |
 | Fig. 6. The Edeco tricone drilling bit |
 | Fig. 7. Drawing showing the layout of the site |
 | Fig. 8. Route of the new coal road from the site to the screens |
 | Fig. 9. The new road crossing the River Blyth and the A.189 Hartford-Bedlington road |
 | Fig. 10. An aerial view of the site workings |
Article reproduced from a copy of the magazine held at National Mining Museum Scotland, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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