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Ironstone, Part III , Blisworth, Northamptonshire, UK. All pictures are presented at relatively low resolution. In some cases the pictures are not available due to copyright restrictions. However, permission has been obtained, where possible, to include them here. Printed below each image is the photographer's name, if known. |
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18-25 A general shot showing a "little and large" pair. Ore extraction used the smaller machine which is a type 490D shovel caterpillar Ransomes & Rapier works number 1256 of 1941. It had a 2.5 cu. yds. bucket and a 36 feet long boom. It arrived in c 1954 from Finedon Quarries. Departure from Blisworth was probably in 1968. These details and those alongside the next picture are from Steve Purcell.
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18-26 Stages in the construction in the 1950s of the large machine for removal of over-burden. This steel frame was built first and bodily raised to sit on top of the motor house - see below.
The machine which is the subject of the next few
pictures is a type 5360 E Shovel Ransomes &
Rapier Works number 669 of 1937. The
capacity of the bucket is 9 cu.yds. and
the main boom is 104 feet long. It was shipped
from Finedon Quarries c.1954 and was moved on to Buckminster Quarries
in 1968.
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18-27 The main boom is being attached. |
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18-28 As above. |
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18-29 The main boom possessed a secondary arm which scooped soil etc. in an upward movement. |
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18-30 Returning to an early stage in the build - this is the chassis for the drive wheels and the turntable above that. |
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18-31 Drive wheels. |
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18-32 Main bucket to be attached to the end of the secondary jib. |
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18-33 A view of the
engine sheds near Gayton Wood farm. This shows the construction of
a "walking dragline" which was also used to remove the
overburden. The machine is shown in two other images in Part II;
viz. 18-16a and 18-19b.
The machine was:
Type W90 E Walking dragline
Ransomes & Rapier Works number 2055 of 1945
2 cu.yds. bucket and 114 foot boom.
Source: From Sir Robert MacAlpine & Sons Ltd unknown date.
Disposal: Scrapped 1976
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18-34 Loco Henry Cort. Henry Cort arrived at Blisworth (RTB) from Ebbw Vale Steel, Coal & Iron Co.Ltd, Ebbw Vale Steelworks in 1954 and was transferred to Irthlingborough Mines in 7/1957. The details are provided by Steve Purcell. |
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18-35 This large conveyor
was installed at the Easton Neston ironstone mine. It illustrates
yet another method of moving the over-burden to the other side of the
mining.
The conveyor is a type 4 SND Transporter from |
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18-36 Ferret II - an
Easton Neston loco. It arrived at Easton Neston from the dealer E.
C. Cornforth on 12/1914. It departed from Easton Neston c1919 to Blackwells of Northampton and in 1925, it went to Holm & Co. Ltd, Kingsnorth Kent.
The details are provided by Steve
Purcell. |
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18-37 A sight that many in the village will remember from the 1960's. Note also the classic Persil ad. on the wall. The advertisers offered a measly £4 per annum to the house-owner for the rights to using their wall. |
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18-38 Saddle-tank 'Ettrick', 1960 |
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