A 150-ton excavator is dragged from an ironstone quarry to a truck for shipment to Scotland. – Vintage Photograph

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On January 22, 1968, a 150-ton excavator was moved from the old ironstone workings alongside the A422 road near Wrozton, England. Traffic was diverted by Banbury police for most of the morning while the excavator was dragged from the workings and put on a truck for shipment to Scotland. The heavy cable in the foreground carries the electricity supply to the excavator. The quarry, which had been operated by the Oxfordshire Ironstone Co. Ltd., had closed in September the previous year. Despite the planned move taking place on January 8, the bad weather had prevented it until yesterday.On January 22, 1968, a 150-ton excavator was moved from the old ironstone workings alongside the A422 road near Wrozton, England. Traffic was diverted by Banbury police for most of the morning while the excavator was dragged from the workings and put on a truck for shipment to Scotland. The heavy cable in the foreground carries the electricity supply to the excavator. The quarry, which had been operated by the Oxfordshire Ironstone Co. Ltd., had closed in September the previous year. Despite the planned move taking place on January 8, the bad weather had prevented it until yesterday.

Dimensions: 25.4 x 25.4 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04843130

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OFF TO BONNIE THE ROAD from Banbury to Strat- ford-on-Avon near Wrozton yesterday when this giant was closed excavator was moved from the old irons one workings. diverted by Banbury police for most Traffic was erst of the morring while the 150-ton edigger crane was dragged from the BONNIE SCOTLAND eiend 22 JAN 1968 workings alongside the main A422 road and put on a lorrry for ship- ment to Scotland. The heavy cable in the foreground carries the electri- city supply to the excavator, which was used for many years in the open- cast ironstone quarry by the Oxford- shire Ironstone Co., Ltd. The mine h closed last Septembe. Since then the excavator has stood in a field about a mile north of Wrcxton. It shou d have been moved or January 8, but Ead weather prevented it. Yesterday police warred motorists to avoid the Stratford read and diverted traffic. 22 JAN 1968