EAW011891 ENGLAND (1947). Opencast mining site to the north of the village, Smalley, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Details

Title [EAW011891] Opencast mining site to the north of the village, Smalley, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Reference EAW011891
Date 15-October-1947
Link
Place name SMALLEY
Parish SMALLEY
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 441357, 345751
Longitude / Latitude -1.3835818528543, 53.007164909237
National Grid Reference SK414458

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A moving Euclid BV Belt Loader with 2 Euclid Bottom Dump trucks in attendance. BV Loader stands for "Blade-veyor" and it was not a self propelled machine, as can be seen in the image, it was pulled by a bulldozer. Its exactly like a Holland Loader but Euclid started making the BV's back in the 1940's before them I believe. It works like a scraper does but the dirt moves up a conveyor belt and then its loaded into a 'Bottom Dump' tractor running alongside of it. Up to 5 of these dump wagons follow in convoy awaiting their turn as each one is filled to capacity before moving off. The book EUCLID: Earth-moving Equipment 1924-1968 has an entire section on the BV Loaders.

Billy Turner
Monday 6th of March 2017 05:11:54 PM