EAW012044 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 | [EAW012044] Opencast mining site to the north of the village, Smalley, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
Reference | EAW012044 |
Date | 5-November-1947 |
Link | |
Place name | SMALLEY |
Parish | SMALLEY |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 441341, 345739 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.3838218509919, 53.007058268776 |
National Grid Reference | SK413457 |
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An Euclid BV Belt Loader with 2 Euclid Bottom Dump wagons in attendance.
BV Loader stands for "Blade-Veyor" and it was not a self propelled machine, as 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 but the dirt moves up a conveyor belt and then its loaded into a 'Bottom Dump' tractor running alongside of it.
In this image one dump wagon waits in turn as one is being filled to capacity by the BV.
The book EUCLID: Earth-moving Equipment 1924-1968 has an entire section on the BV Loaders. |
Billy Turner |
Tuesday 7th of March 2017 09:38:56 PM |