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Birkhill Fireclay Mine

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View looking S of former Mine Manager's Cottage.
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View of Signal Box (now private residence).
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Mine Surface Building. View looking NE of haulage area and pan house.
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Mine Surface Buildings. Loading Bay showing base of hoppers above from clay refining area.
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Detail of wagon used to move the clay from underground to the survce buildings.
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Interior. Pan House from 1950s. View of pan mill. Clay visible in the foreground.
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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 SE.
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Interior. 'New' Pan Mill building. View from south of mobile 'Fawcett' (Thomas C. Fawcett of Leeds) screw feed from crusher to Incla Pan Mill. This would be moved under the crusher rollers and the rotating screw would move the clay forward to the pan mill rollers.
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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. 'New' Pan Mill building. Looking into crusher from mezzannine level with tippler which allowed clay from the distribution area to be introduced into the crusher chute. The movable 'Fawcett' clay moving screw device would feed the crushed material into the Pan Mill below and to the south. The tub in this instance is the wrong way round for feeding clay into the chute.
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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 building, screen. These 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. Mine No 3. View of undergound chamber where the fire clay has been mined. On the table is an array of fossilised plant material that can be handled by vistors to the mine.
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Mine Surface Buildings. Distribution. Incline Plane looking N. The obstruction in the foreground does nopt appear to function as a safety mechanism for stopping run away haulage wagons. The rail has been re-laid and is not in its original position according to the site manager on the date of visit.
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Mine Surface Buildings. Looking NW towards the former wages building and office (now toilets)
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Haulage and Winding. View looking N towards balance wheel.
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Detail of door to magazine.
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Interior. View in 1950's pan mill, bucket elevator on right.
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Interior. View of upper level in 1950's pan mill building.
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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: Upper level plan
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Digital copy of Drawing 'Birkhill Clay Mine Surface Buildings: North and West Elevations
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Interior. 'New' Pan Mill building. View from north of Pan Mill. This is an 'Incla' dry grinding, or pan, mill. Versions of these are still made by Craven Fawcett. Modern examples have 5, 6 , 10 tonne grinding rollers depending on the finess required.
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