Steam winch, Tymawr Colliery, Hetty shaft
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Steam winch, Tymawr Colliery, Hetty shaft
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 25 Mar 1983
A horizontal duplex geared winch built by Uskside Company, Newport and still workable on compressed air when photographed. The headgear and engine house of the Hetty Shaft are in the background. The winding engine in the house has now been preserved but the winch has suffered considerable degradation in the intervening 35 years.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.609236
Longitude
-3.366794