Hickleton Colliery - the driving seat.
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Hickleton Colliery - the driving seat.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 May 1981
This is where the driver of this steam winding engine held office. This was a large 1921 built duplex by Markham of Chesterfield. The device in the foreground is the steam reversing engine. This huge machine was controlled with three levers - throttle, reverser and brake.
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Image Location
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