Avonmouth- St Andrews Station view .
Lith print of X-Ray film neg. taken with 1910 Sanderson Full Plate camera. Paper is vintage Kodak Bromide WSG Normal 2 (Packet price label 6/2 so pre 1971) Chemistry Moersch Easylith (used for three days - toped up each day with 10+10 A&B, 1:20 Exposed +3 stops dev tray in waterbath 50C - 8 minutes.
They are part of the Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal. Coal is unloaded from ships and moved from the dockside up into these silos on conveyor belts from where it is dropped into moving trains to be taken off for burning in power stations. According to the operators a 1750 tonne train moving at a steady 1 kph can be loaded automatically in 36 minutes. The silos are made of steel and can also handle fertilisers and cereals. There are a few construction photos on the website of website of Fairport Engineering ( www.fairport.co.uk/portfolio/bristol-port-authority-avonm...), one of the engineering firms that designed and built them.
(info credit to www.prewettbizley.com/graham-bizley-blog)
Avonmouth- St Andrews Station view .
Lith print of X-Ray film neg. taken with 1910 Sanderson Full Plate camera. Paper is vintage Kodak Bromide WSG Normal 2 (Packet price label 6/2 so pre 1971) Chemistry Moersch Easylith (used for three days - toped up each day with 10+10 A&B, 1:20 Exposed +3 stops dev tray in waterbath 50C - 8 minutes.
They are part of the Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal. Coal is unloaded from ships and moved from the dockside up into these silos on conveyor belts from where it is dropped into moving trains to be taken off for burning in power stations. According to the operators a 1750 tonne train moving at a steady 1 kph can be loaded automatically in 36 minutes. The silos are made of steel and can also handle fertilisers and cereals. There are a few construction photos on the website of website of Fairport Engineering ( www.fairport.co.uk/portfolio/bristol-port-authority-avonm...), one of the engineering firms that designed and built them.
(info credit to www.prewettbizley.com/graham-bizley-blog)