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Rapid loader.
Photo: Graham Carr
Photo: Graham Carr
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Item #: 9285
Item #: 9285
Aerial view of the rapid loader.
Have I got this right? - the conveyor from the washery runs across the centre to three conveyors. The centre one runs to a tower to discharge into rail trucks, whilst the other two are reversible and run to storage areas (I remember seeing coal stocks in the left-hand area as I passed on the M6 in the foreground).
Comment by: royboy on 31st May 2010 at 13:15
The long conveyor from left to right is the conveyor from the washery. The 2 side units were scraper conveyors to put the stocked coal back to the rapid loader and only ran one way. I will have to think about how we put the coal onto stock. I should know as I worked on it from first being built.
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