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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| 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 |