Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Mechanical loader
12BU Joy Sullivan gathering arm loader. Number plate 12 BU 272CBN.
08/11/2011 - Paul Meredith - 710 of these machines were built between 1935 - 1957 and were used to move rock and coal with the moving arms and along the chain conveyor to a conveyor or drams placed behind. Believed to have originally worked at Graig Merthyr Colliery.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2001.1/481
Creation/Production
Joy-Sullivan Ltd.
Date: 20th century, mid
Acquisition
Donation, 1/2/2001
Measurements
Length (mm): 7000
Width (mm): 1400
Height (mm): 750
Weight (tons): 5
Material
metal
Location
Big Pit National Coal Museum : Large Conservation Workshop (Store 1)
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