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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
- B - National Coal Board East Midlands Division - 1948-1967
  - SUR - East Midlands Division surveying plans and files - 1947-1960
    - 6 - Survey Department files on the gasification experiment at Newman Spinney in the parish of Barlborough, to study the potential conversion of coal into gas - 1947-1959

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	NCB/B/SUR/6/3
Former Reference	D4774/11/1/3
Title	Survey Department underground gasification file
Date	Jan 1959-Jun 1960
Description	On the site at Newman Spinney, Barlborough, which was closed down for the gasification experiment in 1959, including loose tender for disposal of redundant and surplus buildings and equipmnt and materials. Also a loose copy of Ministry of Fuel and Power publication, "British Trials in Underground Gasification, 1949-1955", HMSO, 1956
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Coal Board
Format	Document

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