Hesketh steam winding engine
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Hesketh steam winding engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 6 Jul 1986
When Chatterley whitfield Colliery was a mining museum this was one of the main surface exhibits - a Worsley Mesnes horizontal duplex steam winding engine. It had been restored from a rusty condition and was now resplendent. I dread to think what it looks like 21 years later.
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Image Location
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53.077161
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-2.173113