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  1. National Story - OUT OF THE ASHES

    Date released
    Jan 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 19th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    346315
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the fine ash produced by power stations is put to good use in building. NCB Commentary - When the Romans built, they built to last. And the mortar they used in the Colosseum was made of...

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  2. CLEANING UP

    Date released
    Apr 1975
    Series name
    Review 28th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    346661
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NCB synopsis: For every ton of coal mined, nearly a ton of dirt is brought to the surface. The uses of this material, minestone, in road construction and other building and engineering works are looked at.

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  3. Shipyard for Colliers

    Date released
    Nov 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 2nd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345492
    Story no
    4 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Shipbuilding at Sunderland, Yard No 397. The building of a collier for the coal trade around the coast of Britain. The launch and fitting out of "Pompey Light" and the loading of "Birchwood"...

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  4. THE LAMBTON WORm

    Date released
    Sep 1951
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    345716
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: a new pit tub tippler at Lambton colliery, County Durham. NCB Commentary - Accidents can be useful! Here’s a set of derailed tubs that turned up one of the brightest ideas of the year....

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  5. REAPING THE WIND

    Date released
    Dec 1951
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    345727
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: a windmill electricity generator at Costa Head in Orkney. NCB Commentary - The northernmost regular air service in Britain is the run between Aberdeen and the Orkney and Shetland islands....

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  6. Scotland - NOVA SCOTIA

    Date released
    Jun 1967
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346374
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: The coal industry in Scotland, and its increasing productivity. NCB Commentary - Scotland’s past - and its plans for the future, have not always been happy. Working conditions in mining were...

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  7. OVERHAUL

    Date released
    Apr 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    345740
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the Coal Board’s Lambton Engine Works, County Durham, repairing and building the Board’s rolling stock. NCB Commentary - This engine, and its train of wagons, is coming out of hospital....

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