Miscellaneous

Section of Haulage Rail. This is a small section of a flange rail for the colliery haulage transportation system. Made of iron. Size 7″ long x 2″ high x 2″ inches wide. The lengths of rail (typically around 10′ feet long) were held together with a pair of fish plates and four dome-head rail bolts. The rails were then attached …

Pit Head Baths – P.H.B. Soap Box. A pithead baths – P.H.B. soap box. This box still has some of the original inner dividers. The box held seventy-two bars of soap (as seen left) unwrapped. Made from cardboard. Size 12″ x 10″ x 8″ inches. The National Coal Board supplied the bars of Colgate Palmolive Soap to the colliery canteens …

Meco Mining Engineering Co Ltd. A small china plate to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Meco Mining Engineering Co Ltd – Meco Works, Worcester, England. The golden jubilee 1909 – 1959.  Made from china. Size 4″ inches diameter. The plate image shows a Meco conveyor belt head and motor.

Beynons Colliery, Blaina. A colliery plan of the roof supports on the LB20 Carrier Road, Beynons Colliery. Dated 1969.

Celynen North Colliery, Rescue & Firefighting Plan. A plan of the Celynen North Colliery, Rescue & Firefighting Plan. Size about 4′ x 2′ feet.

BBC Sound Effects Dept Records Mining Sounds. Two 7″ inch vinyl records from the BBC Sound Effects Dept. The both records have various noises and sounds recorded in the colliery industry connected with day to day jobs. They are 33 1/3 rpm and numbered EC-165A and EC-165B. (showing the four sides of the two records).

A Conflow Mining Pressure Gauge. A small Conflow pressure gauge. Made from brass with a thick plastic face cover. Size 3″ x 2″ inches.

Oakdale Colliery Electrical Systems Blueprint Plans. A set of blueprint plans for the proposed electrical installation in underground districts at Oakdale Colliery. This set consists of ten maps printed on a plastic like material. Dated 21st January 1964.

Operating & Maintenance Instructions Booklet. The operating & maintenance instructions for the rapid loading bunker hydraulic system at Oakdale Colliery, South Wales. This file has about sixty-pages of information and detailed instructions with many plans and blue prints. Dated 1978.

N.C.B. Colliery Canteen China Cereal Bowl. Made by Dunn Bennett & Co Ltd, Burslem England. Made from china. Size 9″ x 1 1/2″ inches. These were used in the canteens at the collieries from the late 1940’s. This one is from Wales, it has the N.C.B. logo along with S.W.D. (South Western Division).