EAW011899 ENGLAND (1947). Opencast mining site adjacent to Kidsleypark Farm, Smalley, 1947
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Title | [EAW011899] Opencast mining site adjacent to Kidsleypark Farm, Smalley, 1947 |
Reference | EAW011899 |
Date | 15-October-1947 |
Link | |
Place name | SMALLEY |
Parish | SMALLEY |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 441357, 345799 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.383575705265, 53.007596414144 |
National Grid Reference | SK414458 |
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A moving Euclid BV Belt Loader with a Euclid Bottom Dump truck alongside being filled.
BV Loader stands for "Blade-Veyor" it was not a self propelled machine, as can be seen in this image it was pulled by a bulldozer. It's 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, only 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 can follow in convoy awaiting their turn as each one is filled to capacity.
The book EUCLID: Earth-moving Equipment 1924-1968 has an entire section on BV Loaders.
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Billy Turner |
Tuesday 7th of March 2017 05:18:35 PM |