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General view from NW of W side of fan house, showing intake of one of the two fans used to drive air down No. 2 shaft. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17657 |
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General view from S of No. 1 shaft winding tower, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multi-rope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and equipped with dynamic breaking. A spare skip can be seen to the left of the tower. |
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General view from S of No. 1 shaft winding tower, built from re-inforced concrete, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multi-rope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and equipped with dynamic braking. No. 1 shaft is also the upcast air shaft. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17654 |
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General view from S of No. 2 winding tower, built from re-inforced concrete, and used to wind men and materials using a tower-mounted, geared, A.C. multi-rope friction winder with cage and counterweight, manually controlled, with dynamic braking. No. 2 shaft is also the downcast airshaft. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17666 |
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General view down onto boilerhouse from top of No. 1 shaft winding tower from S. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17683 |
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General view of fan house from West on top of No. 2 winding tower. The fanhouse contains two identical fans (one in use, one on standby), made by Mather and Platt of Manchester. Each fan provides 212.4 cubic metres of air per second at 2490 N/sqm. In cold conditions, the air can be heated using oil-fired heaters. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17678 |
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General view from NE of top of No. 2 winding tower of water tank containing water for fire fighting on surface and below ground. The tank is made from pressed-steel plates, and has a corrugated sheet metal roof resting on a rolled-steel angle-section frame. It is built on top of a 2.5m high brick-infilled wall. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17673 |
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General view from SSE from top of No. 1 winding tower of (right to left), No. 2 winding tower, workshops and lamproom, offices and canteen. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17686 |
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General view from (NE) top of No. 2 winding tower of (left to right) pithead baths and canteen, with overhead walkway to office, workshop and lamp room buildings. Also visible is a large car park for employees, and (background, left) part of the coal-stocking ground. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17672 |
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View from S showing top of No. 1 winding tower of No. 2 winding tower, built of re-inforced concrete, and used to wind men and materials using a tower-mounted, geared, A.C. multi-rope friction winder with cage and counterweight, manually controlled, with dynamic braking. Part of the fanhouse is visible behind the tower. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17675 |
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View from N of No. 2 winding tower of No. 1 winding tower, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multirope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and equipped with dynamic braking. The boilerhouse can also be seen (bottom right). |
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B 17669 |
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General view from top of No. 1 shaft winding tower from NE of coal-stocking ground (16.3 acres). |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17667 |
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General view from top of No. 1 shaft winding-tower (from West) of the 3180 tonne rapid-loading surface bunker, capable of loading five 32-tonne wagons simultaneously, loading a complete 29-wagon train in about 30 minutes. When working, trains delivered all the mine's daily output of coal to Cockenzie Power Station nearby. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17668 |
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General view from top of No. 1 shaft winding tower (from North West) of setting ponds for water pumped out of mine by underground pumps. A steel-framed building clad with sheet alloy (right) houses water treatment plant, treated water eventually being pumped into a nearby river. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17680 |
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General view from NW of No. 2 winding tower of covered belt-conveyors, coal preparation plant, railway sidings, rapid-loading surface bunker, and two settling ponds at far right. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17681 |
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General view from W of top of No. 2 winding tower of part of mine compound, railway sidings and sidings control building, and British Rail sidings in background. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17662 |
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General view of car hall at top of No. 2 shaft, showing cage with door open, and vertical sliding door in raised position. The protective steel doors and walls around the top of the shaft are designed to seal the shaft, protecting the flow of downcast air from the adjacent fan house into the mine. Monktonhall Colliery. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17663 |
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Detail of one of two Penman Cornish-type coal-fired boilers in boiler house, with Oldbury chain-grate automatic stoker retracted. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17661 |
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General view of one of two identical fans, made by Mather and Platt of Manchester, driven by 3,300 volt, 160 amp motors (1030 BHP, 750/740 RPM), located on the upper floor of the fan house. Each fan, operated seperately, provides 212.4 cubic metres of air per second at 2490 N/sqm. In cold conditions the air can be heated. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17658 |
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General view on top floor of No. 1 shaft tower showing winding engines, with (right to left) the electric motor, gearbox and cable drum of the 1 B winder. Each of the two winders is equipped with 14-tonne skips and are together designed to lift 430 tonnes of coal per hour. The counterweights have rope guides. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17665 |
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Detail of one of two Penman Cornish-type coal-fired boilers in boiler house, with Olbury chain-grate automatic stoker, fed from above by a coal elevator made by Proctor of Burnley, Lancashire. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17655 PO |
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General view from S of no. 1 shaft winding tower, built from re-inforced concrete, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multi-rope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and equipped with dynamic braking. No. 1 shaft is also the upcast air shaft. |
1/6/1989 |
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General view on top floor of no. 2 shaft tower showing the exciter from right to left, electric motor, gearbox and cable drum of the no. 2 winder. This winder is equipped with one large cage and a counterweight on wood guides, and can carry 130 men on two decks. |
1/6/1989 |
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B 17659 |
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Detail on top floor of no. 1 shaft tower showing (right to left) the exciter, electronic motor, gearbox and cable drum of the 1B winder. Each of the two winders is equipped with 14-tonne skips, and are together designed to lift 430 tonnes of coal per hour. The counterweights have rope guides. |
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