{"id":61128,"date":"2010-11-29T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T14:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61128"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:39:37","slug":"mine-barrow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61128","title":{"rendered":"Mine Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000138-a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61127\" width=\"735\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000138-a-1.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000138-a-1-300x261.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000138-a-1-345x300.jpg 345w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000138-a-1-150x130.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000138-a-1-400x347.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Dating from about 1914 when this photograph was taken; a mine barrow waits near the weigh cabin. Following the comment from Robert Silkstone: &#8220;I just thought it was worth noting that this picture is not of a mine  barrow. It is more important as these tubs are rarely photographed at  ground level. They are the tubs that were taken by men who hand charged  the blast furnaces before the conveyor system was introduced. The shape  of the tub is deleberate to allow charging at the top of the furnace.  This is quite a rare and interesting picture to a historian as I am.&#8221; Eric Johnson tells us: \u2019At Skinningrove ironworks the term \u201dmine\u201d refers to the ironstone carried in the barrows which came from the company\u2019s Loftus mine, this stone was roasted in kilns and the calcined ironstone was taken from the kilns to the weigh machine cabin. Then weighed and the barrows hoisted to the furnace top, emptied and returned. Coke and limestone were also carried in the barrows, but they were always known as \u201dmine barrows\u201d.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steven Partlett has added: &#8221; I remember these as being termed \u201cBarrows\u201d. My father worked these after  Loftus mine closed and he moved to the Ironworks. What is not obvious  in these images is that the ground where they operated was completely  covered in plates which were either Steel or Iron. The barrows had a  knife edged wheel, similar to a flanged rail wheel. The combination  reduced friction, and made it easier to push the loaded barrows. The  area was known in the works as \u201cthe plates\u201d because of the feature.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image and information courtesy of Eric Johnson, also thanks to Robert Silkstone and Steve Partlett for the updated information.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dating from about 1914 when this photograph was taken; a mine barrow waits near the weigh cabin. Following the comment from Robert Silkstone: &#8220;I just thought it was worth noting that this picture is not of a mine barrow. It is more important as these tubs are rarely photographed at ground level. 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