Mining Machinery at Selby Coalfield

 

₤1M drive shaft for 1.3 meter wide belt – carried 3,200 tons of coal/hour.

₤1M drive shaft for 1.3 meter wide belt – carried 3,200 tons of coal/hour.

 

Robins full-face tunneling machine.

Robins full-face tunneling machine.

 

Coal cutting at Wistow, June 1987.

Coal cutting at Wistow (June 1987).

 

Riccall, 1988.

Riccall (1988).

 

Workers assemble a cutter/loader at Riccall, June 1987.

Craftsmen Graham Fearnley, Graham Beards and Colin Tucker assemble a cutter/loader at Riccall (June 1987).

 

Bo-Bo Loco underground.

Bo-Bo Loco underground.

 

A power loading coal shearer.

A power loading coal shearer.

Date
1980
Ref no
R2G/Coal/027
Archive
Extent
Seven b&w photographs
Theme
Coalfield
Decade
  • Decade