Archive Issue 129

From Whatley Quarry and Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation A wider shot, with the CAT D8H climbing a haul road in the foreground while a tractor shovel works in the stockpile below. To the right is another shovel with a Land Rover parked alongside it, plus the tail end of a haul truck belonging to A-B Hire. The quarry’s crushing plant is wreathed in dust, but you can see the outline of a Foden site dumper behind the conveyors. Mark Chalmers’s collection

From Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal Part 1 The two original CSU machines unloading on the 6th November 1995 with CSU2 nearest. This maybe an AFS cargo as the furthest machine appears dusty and there is no sign of coal on the C1 conveyor closest to the camera. The counterweights for these machines weighed about 500 tonnes and used magnadense an aggregate manufactured from magnetite. This is used as a high density concrete that is some 60% heavier than normal concrete. Bristol Port Company