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Compressed air coalcutter
Power driven coal cutting machine patented by Ridley & Jones in 1863, one of the earliest power driven coal cutters. A similar one was used in Garth Colliery, Maesteg, c.1870.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1995.58/1
Acquisition
Donation, 24/10/1932
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1280
Width
(mm): 510
Height
(mm): 670
Material
metal
Location
Big Pit National Coal Museum : Large Conservation Workshop (Store 1)
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Classification
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