Gin gang at West Farm, Chopwell
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Gin gang at West Farm, Chopwell
Image: © Robert Graham Taken: 30 Apr 2014
This former farm is at the north end of the present village. Prior to the founding of Chopwell colliery in the early C20, this was the centre of the small hamlet called West Chopwell. The rest of the village was built after the pit opened. This picture shows a former gin gang against the barn to the right. All now converted to residential use. A gin gang was a building which contained a horse engine which powered a threshing machine in the adjacent barn. They were common in the early C19, which would date these buildings.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.922489
Longitude
-1.812899