LESSINES - Boat loader (1)
This is a boat loader erected in 1922 in Lessines (Belgium) and used until 1984 when it was permanently shut down. It was used to load porphyry in ships. The porphyry crushes, transported by railcars from the Lessines quarry sites using a private railway, reached the structure on a conveyor belt and were taken to silos for sorting. They were then dumped directly into the holds of the barges, moored to the side of the building.
The 8 silos had a capacity of 35 tonnes each. Their size made it possible to prepare crushed mixtures of several dimensions. This system made it possible to load eight boats per day, where it had previously taken eight men and no less than seven hours to fill, with the wheelbarrow, a single barge of 280 tons.
LESSINES - Boat loader (1)
This is a boat loader erected in 1922 in Lessines (Belgium) and used until 1984 when it was permanently shut down. It was used to load porphyry in ships. The porphyry crushes, transported by railcars from the Lessines quarry sites using a private railway, reached the structure on a conveyor belt and were taken to silos for sorting. They were then dumped directly into the holds of the barges, moored to the side of the building.
The 8 silos had a capacity of 35 tonnes each. Their size made it possible to prepare crushed mixtures of several dimensions. This system made it possible to load eight boats per day, where it had previously taken eight men and no less than seven hours to fill, with the wheelbarrow, a single barge of 280 tons.