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Detailed view from SW of the top of the shaft, showing the cage, and in the foreground (covered with a grille) the escape route, which comprises twelve ladders running parallel to the shaft. The mech ...
SC 1375512
Description Detailed view from SW of the top of the shaft, showing the cage, and in the foreground (covered with a grille) the escape route, which comprises twelve ladders running parallel to the shaft. The mechanism attached to the left upright of the headframe is the bell allowing the winding-engine operator to communicate with the men at the pit bottom.
Date 12/2/2004
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 1375512
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 48317 CN
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1375512
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