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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
Measurements
Length
(mm): 7000
Width
(mm): 1400
Height
(mm): 750
Weight
(tons): 5
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