Steam winding engine, Fernhill Colliery
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Steam winding engine, Fernhill Colliery
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 29 Jan 1982
Horizontal duplex winder of c1865 by J W Leigh of Patricroft, installed secondhand in 1869. Converted to compressed air operation 1968, stopped 1978/9 and scrapped in 1982. Data supplied by Colin Bowden (photograph is mine).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.694722
Longitude
-3.556742