CWM CARN CONVEYOR

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue

Issue No.

6

Date Released

Feb 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1MOUNTAIN DRIFT
2. 2MECHANISATION ENGINEER
3. 3CWM CARN CONVEYOR
4. 4CHARMIAN WELSH

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

BFI synopsis: the colliery with the longest above-ground conveyor in the country
NCB Commentary - Sheltered by the forests of this little valley stands a pit in the process of reconstruction, Cwm Carm Colliery.
Output from Cwm Carn has to go a third of a mile down the narrow valley to be screened.
As part of the reconstruction scheme, the pit bank has been mechanised so that one man can do the job which formerly wasted the time of a whole team.
At the pit bank, coal is tipped. It falls on to a shaker which distributes it evenly on to a conveyor belt.
The belt has been extended to go right down the valley on the surface - the longest above ground conveyor in the country.
The whole job only took three weeks to erect and follows the line of the old rail tracks on which laden tubs used to be pulled down the valley by rope haulage.
The conveyor takes everything in its stride, crossing the valley road on its way down.
At the far end, the coal cascades off the belt and down a spiral chute. It ends up on the screens.
A simple idea, but a good one, and one which allows two men to transport the whole output of the pit, releasing ten of their mates for productive work.

Researcher Comments

Commentary recorded 6th January 1957.

Keywords

Mining; Engineering

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
The National Archives COAL 32   /12 Scripts for Mining Review, 1956-1960

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board