Hemingfield Colliery - winch
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Hemingfield Colliery - winch
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 Feb 2015
This small winch was installed to allow maintenance and inspection of the pumping shaft that had been serviced by a Cornish engine until c1930. It was obviously motor driven but the motor has since vanished. The shaft has a concrete head gear that replaced the original wooden sheer legs. The sockets for these are still in the ground and one contains the bottom section of the wood. The Cornish engine house is now a dwelling house and has been truncated with a brick extension to one side.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.503689
Longitude
-1.40851