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September, 1957
Acorn Bank Opencast Site — Part 2
Drawings and Photographs accompanying the article
| Sample | Description |
|---|---|
 | Fig. 1. A general view of the Bebside screens from the entrance, with a 40-ton coal hauler discharging its load into the hoppers |
 | Fig. 2. Drawing showing the layout of the site |
 | Fig. 3. Two Joy-Sullivan drills in action preparing the ground for the dragline in the background. On the extreme left in the background, 22-ton Euclids can be seen tipping material loaded into them by 5-yard shovels in the advance reduction |
 | Fig. 4. A Bucyrus-Erie dragline exposing coal at the north end of the cut, casting the overburden into the previous cut. Exposed coal is being loaded by grab from one of the derricks before being placed into the waiting coal hauler |
 | Fig. 5. A loaded coal skip being hauled up by a highspeed derrick while the coal shovel is loading an empty skip |
 | Fig. 6. A Bucyrus-Erie dragline working on the low-wall side with coaling virtually completed in this portion of the cut. The second dragline can be seen in the background working the other end of the cut |
 | Fig. 7. One of the high-speed derricks loading into a coal hauler (40 tons) from a 10-ton skip which is loaded in the cut by a small coal shovel |
 | Fig. 8. A skip being loaded in the cut by a 2-yard coal shovel |
 | Fig. 9. A view of the offices at Acorn Bank |
Article reproduced from a copy of the magazine held at National Mining Museum Scotland, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
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