Midlands News: 27.06.1963: Automatic Mining in Derbyshire

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Summary

Lord Robbins visits as mining becomes automatic at Ormonde Colliery at Loscoe in Derbyshire.

Year:

1963

Duration:

0:01:07

Film type:

Black & White / Mute

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

A man sits at the machine and inserts a key to operate it.

We see conveyor belts and coal being moved. The operater at the machinery makes a phonecall and we see close ups of machinery at work.


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Notes

Midlands News Item No: 5488

In the 1960s the Automatic Control and Monitoring System was introduced to the mining industry. It was operated by a control pannel at the 'main gate' of the machinery. It was sometimes referred to as the ROLF system.