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Collapse CP48 - Photographs: Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Conwy.CP48 - Photographs: Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Conwy.
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2 - ALBUM
3 - ALBUM
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1 - Elevated view of the Benarth Road site in Conwy.
2 - Scale model of tanks (1/60).
3 - Landing mussel bags from rowing boats at Conwy, castle and railway tunnel in background.
4 - Spreading mussels on the floor of a tank.
5 - Hosing mussels in one of the Conwy tanks.
6 - Flushing a full mussel tank: water is pouring into the channels under the grids over which the mussels are spread.
7 - Bagging the mussels: shovelling mussels into bags in one of the Conwy tanks.
8 - Bagging mussels.
9 - Sewing up and sealing bags of mussels.
10 - Sealing bags of mussels.
11 - Sealing and loading mussel bags at Conwy; each bag is loaded onto a [wooden] ramp, the bag is then [pushed or slides] down the ramp to where a horse-drawn cart is waiting and the bags are loaded onto the cart. [Clear view of the rear of Conwy Castle in the background].
12 - Loading and carting mussel bags at Conwy.
13 - View of Lympstone tanks.
14 - Cover over E tank to control photosynthesis and prevent excessive alkalinity of the water.
15 - H. A. Cole inspecting a bouquet of tiles for spat settlement.
16 - View of tanks used for oyster breeding: bouquets can be seen on the bottom of the top tank in view, Conwy Castle is in the background.
17 - Profile of H.A. Cole, M.Sc., who was in charge of oyster research at Conwy.
18 - Clayton mixing lime in barrels.
19 - Bouquets stacked for the lime to mature.
20 - Limed tiles maturing; Clayton, Cassidy and Casey are visible.
21 - Slide showing 'cascade' and top of tower filled with tiles, [wooden] channel running along edge of tank with opening into tank at one end.
22 - 1924 culture experiment, showing turbine, pump and channel through which nearly 10,000 gallons per hour were pumped from one corner of the chlorinating tank to the opposite corner for two months, the turbine was water-driven from the town supply.
23 - Men and women employed to wire and lime tiles; a makeshift bench supported by two stacks of bouquets is in the foreground and holds tiles and loose [wire].
24 - Old man and young boy handpicking mussels from the Conwy mussel beds.
25 - Old man and young boy handpicking mussels from the Conwy mussel beds
26 - Old man and young boy handpicking mussels from the Conwy mussel beds.
27 - Old man and young boy carrying basket of mussels handpicked from the Conwy mussel beds.
28 - Old man and young boy on a small boat [the "Ruth"], raking for mussels; one of the lifting rakes can be seen at full length.
29 - Old man and young boy on board a small boat [the "Ruth"], raking for mussels; one lifting rake is partially submerged in the sea and the other is suspended above the water.
30 - The homemade punt in the top tank; Lloyd is standing on the punt using a lifting rake to place bouquets of tiles in the tank.
31 - View of Conwy mussel beds.
32 - A three propeller current maker; the current is traceable 14 to 17 feet away in moderate winds, [? stock] oyster tray to go beneath propellers. [Location Lympstone?]
Expand 5 - BUNDLES of Loose Photographs by Subject5 - BUNDLES of Loose Photographs by Subject
Expand 6 - SERIES of Photographs6 - SERIES of Photographs
7 - BOX of Prints
8 - BOX of Slides, Negatives, Contact Prints and Film
9 - SERIES of three albums
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