Haystack boiler - Califat Colliery
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Haystack boiler - Califat Colliery
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 27 Jan 2013
This boiler has been re-erected here and now has decidedly non-original weather protection over it. Haystack boilers were the earliest type of steam raising boiler and were a development of the brewer's copper. There are few surviving examples to be seen. The boiler has actually been erected on top of the mine shaft (a novel and non-original location), apparently for expediency and to keep the site tidy. The boiler had previously been used as a water tank sited at the lower end of the site. This particular shaft had housed pumps operated by an inverted beam engine. I must thank David Lyne for this extra information.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.750758
Longitude
-1.39016