tarboat's photos with the keyword: conveyor

Aberthaw Quarry supplies Blue Lias limestone and shale to the nearby cement plant via this conveyor.

Fixed plant is largely a thing of the past in the modern quarrying industry. The Hillhead quarry exhibition reflects this in the vast numbers of mobile equipment on display. Telestack claims to manufacture the world's largest range of conveyors and these are just a small sample of its products.

1909 advert for a company specialising in materials handling equipment. The firm, which was established in 1889, continues in business at Grange Works, Wellington Street in Accrington.

The New Conveyor Company specialised in conveyors and elevators but also operated as general mechanical engineers. In 1914 the company was listed as proprietors of the Midland Engineering Company. It was acquired by Tube Investments, Ltd in 1951. In 1961 the firm employed 800 people and in 1968 it supplied the coal handling plant for Cottam Power Station. This 1907 advert was published in the Journal of Gas Lighting.

Just like a big dipper fairground ride, conveyors at a disused limestone quarry.

Exit of a long underground conveyor feeding stone to the railway sidings.

Conveyor belt at Sibelco Minerals and Chemicals' Dingle Bank sand quarry.

What's going on in there ................ ?