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XS/1072/210-222

Mechanisation at Marchlyn Quarry

Item TitleDescriptionArchive Date
XS/1072/210 A bulldozer, a scoop and an 18-ton dumper lorry work as a team at Marchlyn on site clearance at one of the upper galleries. (Notes on back re Marchlyn Quarry.)   
XS/1072/211 A bulldozer empties its spoil into the dumper at Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/212 A dumper full of spoil leaves for the tip as another one returns, Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/213 A bulldozer empties its load into the waiting dumper, Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/214 A lorry being loaded with slate slabs at the rock face before transfer to covered workshops, (details on back) Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/215 A caterpillar excavator working with a dumper in clearing rubble, Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/216 An excavator loading a lorry with rubble at Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/217 Slate rock at Marchlyn showing through the clay. A dump truck returns in the background.   
XS/1072/218 A 4" Halco Stenrick drill in operation at Marchlyn.   
XS/1072/219 A bulldozer at Marchlyn.   
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