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Man riding on incline, film slide
Collection of slides forming lecture "Rails in the Slate Industry" by D.R. Geering, UMIST 3rd year Mechanical Engineering Projects, c.1975 (copy of lecture notes in related material).
the absence of any safety chains or brake. The men who quarry the slate are known as "rockmen" and those who load the wagons and operate the inclines as "hookers"
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2012.60/177
Creation/Production
Geering, D.R.
Date: 1975 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation, 29/8/2012
Measurements
Length
(mm): 50
Width
(mm): 50
Height
(mm): 2
Techniques
colour (photograph)
photograph
Material
film (photographic)
plastic
Location
In store
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