Brocton Quarry

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Date:1930

Description:Brocton Quarry was worked by Brocton Gravel Company Ltd. between 1930 and 1960.

The large iron structure was the storage bunker. On the right hand side of the bunker can be seen the bucket conveyor belt which lifted the sorted gravel to the top. Just beneath the bunker is the the engine house with its diesel-run engine. The cylindrical drum was the washer to clean the pebbles. On the right of the photoraph is the Ruston-Bacyrus coal-fired, steam driven excavator to dig the quarry face, with smoke coming out of its chimney.

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Creators: Mrs Ethel Cooper, nee Revill - Contributor , Miss Marjorie Jeavons - Contributor

Image courtesy of: Mr Jim Foley , Miss Marjorie Jeavons

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