Bucket elevator
Mining & Material Handling

Bucket elevator

Industrial era

A bucket elevator carries bulk material upward in buckets attached to a moving belt or chain. At the top, the buckets discharge into a chute before returning down the other side.

About this artifact

A bucket elevator carries bulk material upward in buckets attached to a moving belt or chain. At the top, the buckets discharge into a chute before returning down the other side.

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Documented physical example or historical image. See the original image record for its subject, date and any reconstruction details.

Image: Bucket elevator.JPG
Creator: Jacob Grossmann
License: Public domain

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