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A Mechanical Maintenance Instruction Manual.
This is an original instruction manual from the N.C.B. Maintenance Engineering Department of the South Wales Area.
From the Fitting Shop Department at Abertillery New Mine, Rose Heyworth Colliery.
Chris Powell.
This manual was the property of the late Chris Powell of Abertillery, one of the underground mechanical fitters at Rose Heyworth Colliery and kindly given to me by his family.
Size – 7″ x 4 1/2″ x 3/4″ inches.
Pages – 147.
The manual covers all maintenance practices on machinery such as – Manriding Belt Conveyors, Cowl Ishaw Walker Bunker Oils and Hydraulic Fluids, Mineral and Material Rope Haulages. Power Loader A.F.C. Chain Links to Power Pack Roof Supports such as (Gullick and Bonser types). Pneumatic Picks and Drills, Clutch and Brake Band Linings and Drive Chains to Eimco and Copco Shovels and Plough Units etc and much more in connection with the colliery’s mechanical maintenance.