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Film Number |
1549 |
Title |
REFUSE DISPOSAL PLANT FOR SEPARATION, INCINERATION AND SALVAGE OF HOUSEHOLD REFUSE AT WATER ST DEPOT MANCHESTER. PLANT BY PETRIE AND MCNAUGHT LTD. ROCHDALE |
Producer |
Petrie McNaught Ltd [?] |
Date |
*1926/30 |
Gauge |
35mm N |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
6 mins 33 secs |
Description |
Refuse is seen arriving in dust carts at Water Street Refuse Disposal Plant in Manchester, it is unloaded into hoppers and drawn away by automatic elevators. The refuse is hand sorted as it passes on a conveyer belt. Cans are seen being crushed and baled for sale and dust and cinders being loaded into barges and horse-drawn carts via chutes. The film closes with the incinerator being raked over by workers. |
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