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In 1948, Dowty decided to market a newly developed product - the hydraulic pit prop. Early design prototypes had been tested in 1945, when it was felt desirable to develop new industrial applications of hydraulics.
Initially, the production of mining props was being carried out by Dowty Auto Units but in 1954 Dowty Mining Equipment was created.
In 1956 Dowty Mining Equipment opened a new factory at Ashchurch, Nr. Tewkesbury and by 1957, the millionth hydraulic pit prop had been produced and in use all over the world.
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Memories of Aubrey Bush
My name is Aubrey Bush and I joined Dowty Mining Equipment as the Home Sales Manager in 1982 working for ...
Memories of Coal Mining Days
Memories of Coal Mining Days I was involved with man-less coal face trials at Bagworth colliery 1986-1990 with Dowty Mining Equipment True Engineers! Peter ...
Memories of Colin Little
My Dad, Colin Little worked at Dowty Mining in the 1950s before moving to Gullick Dobson’s in about 1967/8 after ...
Mining Exhibition - Madrid 1970
Photographs from the Madrid Mining Exhibition 1970
Mining Exhibition - Ontario 1972
Photographs from a Mining Exhibition held in 1972 Ontario, Canada
Mining Exhibition 1967
Photographs from a 1967 Mining Exhibition
Mining Exhibition c.1975
Photographs from a Dowty Mining Equipment trade stand at an Exhibition… unknown venue … possibly Birmingham, c.1975
Mining Matters
Copies of the Dowty Mining Equipment newspaper “Mining Matters” that were published, with the latest news stories and photographs, of ...
Modern Hydraulic Pit Props at a Roadhead by J Carver & T J Jones
Institute of Mining Engineers Paper – Modern Hydraulic Pit Props at a Roadhead by J Carver & T J Jones ...
Modular Valve System
Dowty Mining Equipment – Modular Valve System
NCB Deltic Support
Dowty Mining Equipment – NCB Deltic Support
NEC Birmingham - 1985
Photograph taken at the trade stand of Dowty Mining Equipment at the NEC Exhibition Hall c 1985
NEC Birmingham International Mining Exhibition 1977
Photographs of models for exhibit layout held at the NEC Birmingham International Mining Exhibition in 1977
Oleo Retarders
Dowty Mining Equipment – Oleo Retarders
Packing Platform
Dowty Mining Equipment – Packing Platform
Photographers Edit
Photographs show the photos that Photographers were selecting and editing, ready to include in a Dowty Mining Equipment publications
Powered Support Technology for Thin Seams
Dowty Mining Equipment – Powered Support Technology for Thin Seams by W.B. Acton C.Eng, MIMin.E, MBIM The full paper can be viewed ...
Poznan Technical Goods Fair 1972
Photographs from the Poznan Technical Goods Fair 1972
Poznan Technical Goods Fair 1973
Photographs from the Poznan Technical Goods Fair 1973
Poznan Technical Goods Fair 1974
Photographs from the Poznan Technical Goods Fair 1974
Queen's Award to Industry for Technological Innovation
Photographs from the Queen’s Award to Industry for Technological Innovation in 1968 Presentation by Duke of Beaufort to Sir George Dowty ...
Recoverable Strata Bolt
Dowty Mining Equipment – Recoverable Strata Bolt
Revlem Supports 5/150 Tonne & 6/180 Tonne
Dowty Mining Equipment – Revlem Supports 5/150 Tonne & 6/180 Tonne
Road Head Support
Dowty Mining Equipment – Road Head Support
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