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Mine Surface Buildings. Electricity sub-station looking SW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the mine, taken from the SE.
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Digital copy of Drawing 'Birkhill Clay Mine Surface Buildings: Ground Floor' unfinished
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Interior. Clay Distribution area. View from south  of 'Old' Pan Mill clay chute and tub tippler. The clay would arrive by tub at the top of the incline, the tub would be man-handled to the turntable and the tub contents were then tipped into the chute. The crusher rolls are just visible.
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Interior. 'New' Pan Mill, screen. These drum screens sieved the processed clay dust after initial crushing and milling. The clay dust would then fall onto a conveyor where the clay would be conveyed to the Hopper area (see DP111692-5)
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Interior. 'Old '  Incla Pan Mill. View from north west of the Pan Mill rollers and the chute from the later crusher above.
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Interior. Mine No.3 underground entrance adit. Props can se seen in the background.
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Interior. Mine No 3. Detail of fossilised tree in ceiling of adit.
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Interior. Mine No 3. View of lateral chamber from main adit partially blocked to force ventilation currents through the underground adits..
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Incline Plane. Bridge (centred at NS9634 7905) carrying inline over River Avon towards Mine No 3.
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Haulage and Winding. View looking N towards balance wheel.
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Mine Surface Buildings. Distribution and Haulage. View looking E showing haulage gantry background and run of mine wagon rail gantry
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Detail of wagon used to move the clay from underground to the survce buildings.
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Interior.  Electricity sib-station. Controls.
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Interior. View in 1950's pan mill, bucket elevator on right.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the mine, taken from the SW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the mine, taken from the S.
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Digital copy of Drawing 'Birkhill Clay Mine Surface Buildings: Roof plan
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Digital copy of Drawing 'Birkhill Clay Mine Surface Buildings: South and East Elevations
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Copy of image: workforce at Birkhill c.1930
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Site Plan
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Interior. 'New' Pan Mill building, mezzannine floor. View looking down into Pan Mill gearing from crusher feed level.
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Interior. 'New' Pan Mill building. Looking into crusher from mezzannine level. The movable clay screw device would feed the crushed material into the Pan Mill below, and to the south.
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Interior. Clay Distribution area. Couplings originally from the mine.
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