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Description: | -The collection has mining equipment from local mines including items relating to ventilation, haulage, communications, safety, power supply and regulations and consists of tools, mining helmets mainly post 1934, drinkling bottles, bait tins; tokens used in daily haulage, safety and medical badges, name plaques, commemorative plaques and medals of the founders of the industry; plans, sections and drawings of Loftus Mine and some from other mines; one Friendly Society banner; blacksmith's tools and harness equipment; charging and blasting equipment; lighting equipment including a range of safety lamps; a horse-drawn ambulance; surveying equipment -tripods, measures, staffs, dials, theodolites; geological specimens form the Main Ironstone and Pecten Seams; and a wide range of documents and photographs relating to the mines and miners and some social history.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 01287 642 970 | Telephone: | 01287 642 877 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6183 | Go to resource |
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