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Title:
Coal Cutter Cannock Chase No. 9 Colliery
Object name(s):
photograph
Brief description:
black and white photograph which shows a Hopkinson jib and chain coal cutter in use underground at Cannock Chase No. 9 Pit (Old Hednesford) .The Hopkinson was an electrically driven chain coal cutter designed and manufactured by Mather and Platt in 1901 with provision for slewing the jib. A large number of these machines were built. For many years the Hopkinson was the only chain coal cutter built in the United Kingdom.
Collection:
Museum of Cannock Chase
Associated concept:
coal mining machinery
Associated date:
Date - earliest / single:
1910
Date - latest:
1912
Content - description:
coal mining
Object name:
photograph
Object number:
P2020.0008.00006
Responsible department/section:
Museum of Cannock Chase

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ef09d665-545a-377f-84cc-0ad1e496e39a

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ef09d665-545a-377f-84cc-0ad1e496e39a, Museum of Cannock Chase, CC BY-NC

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