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Ken Victor - Electrical fitter, Paxton Colliery. Recorded 22 November 1991. Part 1/2.

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SummaryTAPE 454A KEN VICTOR
Recorded 22 November 1991.
Part 1/2

00:30
Location of bathroom, Paxton.

00:52
Location of lamp cabin, Paxton.

1:25
Location of workshop, Paxton.

1:31
House that once stood were demolished. Location of colliery houses, Paxton.

1:50
? Evans , Bob Gemmell, Bill Marlen.

2:37
Mick Shields, engineer, Jim Clay, engineer, Ned Peel, electrical engineer.

3:48
Location of sub-station, Richmond Main line.

4:20
Kelly Power, Hunter Valley Council.

4:59
Athol Denny.

5:52
Location of drift, Paxton.

6:10
Location of power line to Richmond Main.

7:26
Power line started 10 March 1947, finished 10 June 1947.

8:03
Bob Gemmell.

8:11
Recalls keeping bicycles outside lamp cabin.

8:20
Equipment store originally used as lamp cabin.

8:53
Location of ambulance room, Paxton. Location of oil shed, Paxton. Location of garage, Paxton.

10:08
Recollection of 1949 strike. Les Gout. Recollection of the "canary cage".

10:48
Capacity of coal box, Paxton.

11:09
Recalls strike lasting for 9 weeks.

11:32
Painters shed, location of.

11:43
Coal cleaning plant, location of. Recalls cleaning of coal cleaning plant.

12:39
Location of gantry, Paxton. Number of conveyer belts, Paxton.

13:54
Recalls working at Abermain No. 2.

14:34
Harry Parker.

15:02
Coal crushing plant, location of.

15:28
Bucket conveyor, location of.

16:24
Athol Lightfoot.

17:03
Aberdare East closed, 1902.

17:37
Location of winding room, boilers.

18:57
Crusher driven by "Crompton-Parkinson" motor.

19:50
Hair plaster on the ceilings. Dimensions of surveyors room, Paxton. Cedar.

20:58
Dimensions of managers office, Paxton.

21:12
Dimension of offices, Paxton.

21:34
Recollection of chimney, Paxton.

22:10
Paxton bath house built by Coal Board, 1949.

23:36
Recalls using D.C. generators.

25:17
Number of pressure boilers, Paxton.

28:64
Location of ventilator fan, Paxton.

29:56
Location of shaft, Paxton.

30:20
Recollection of six man cage used.

31:21
Abermain No.2, Richmond Main.

32:19
Recalls engines were steam-powered.

33:55
Recalls asbestos used in pit.

34:16
"John Donald & Sons" manufactured engine (Glasgow) no. 1192.

35:50
Location of turbine, Paxton.

36:09
Location of steam-powered ventilator fan.

37:23
End (Tape 454/Side A) Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

SubjectPaxton Colliery (N.S.W.)Coal mines and mining -- New South Wales -- CessnockElectriciansVictor, Ken Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PersonJack Delaney Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Depicts or Relates ToHarry Parker Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

CreatorVictor, KenDelaney, Jack, 1919-2010CollectionVoices of the Hunter Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

PlaceCessnock, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Date Created22nd November 1991Location^[1]Paxton Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

^[2]Richmond Main Colliery, NSW Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Identifier454A Last edited by: lyn.keily@newcastle.edu.au

Job Identifier454A

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