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Fowlers Patent Apparatus for Loading and Unloading Cages 1873

From the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions 1873-4.

In the discussion it seems about ten seconds per deck was saved, unloading and reloading with empties. Don't think it ever caught on, too complicated, all goes pear shaped if just a tub comes off the track.

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Uploaded on April 17, 2017
Taken on April 16, 2017