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Stone Mine, Water of Ayr and Tam O'Shanter Hone Works, Dalmore

551 1/4/9/606

Description Stone Mine, Water of Ayr and Tam O'Shanter Hone Works, Dalmore

Date 12/2/2004

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number 551 1/4/9/606

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1516375

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Collection Level (551 1) Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinburgh, Scotland

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>>> Sub-Group Level (551 1/4/9/606) Stone Mine, Water of Ayr and Tam O'Shanter Hone Works, Dalmore

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1450691 Elevated view from N of surface arrangement around the shaft of the mine, including the headstock and winding-engine house. The remains of a stand-by generator are also visible (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375506 General view from NW of surface arrangement around the shaft of the mine, including the headstock and winding-engine house. The remains of a stand-by generator are also visible (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375507 General view from NW of surface arrangement around the shaft of the mine, including the headstock and winding-engine house. The remains of a stand-by generator are also visible (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375508 Detail of the cage, now fixed at the top of the shaft. The owner of the mine, Kenneth Montgomerie, is standing beside the cage. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375509 Detail of the cage, now fixed at the top of the shaft. The cage was used only to carry mined stone from the mine, and to take materials such as wooden pitprops to the pit bottom. It carried one tub at a time, and the mechanism for securing the tub to the floor of the cage is also visible. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375510 View from W of the top of the shaft showing the steel headframe, and the cage now fixed at the top of the shaft 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375511 View from N of the top of the shaft showing the steel headframe, the cage now fixed at the top of the shaft, and the winding-engine house 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375512 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. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375513 Interior. View within winding-engine house showing electrical switchgear (left), and lamp-battery chargers and self-rescuers (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375514 Interior. View within winding-engine house showing electric winder, cable and drum. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375515 Interior. View within winding-engine house showing electric winder. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375516 Interior. Detail of two examples of typical wooden tubs used to transport the stone from the working faces to the pit bottom, and around the tub circuit at the surface. The tubs were made of wood to minimise damage to the stone. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375517 View from NW of the main access to the mine, which is situated to the NW of the shaft in the N side of the adjacent Dalmore Quarry, and comprises a sequence of steps down to a drift mine, which leads to the workings. This was the route to the workings taken by the miners, materials and stone being carried in the shaft. 18/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 1375518 View from S of the remains of a steam-winding engine belonging to an earlier shaft of the mine (NS42SW 19.01), now situated in adjacent woodland at NS 4316 2330. The owner of the mine, Kenneth Montgomerie, is helping to scale the object. 18/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531839 General view from NW of surface arrangement around the shaft of the mine, including the headstock and winding-engine house. The remains of a stand-by generator are also visible (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531840 General view from NW of surface arrangement around the shaft of the mine, including the headstock and winding-engine house. The remains of a stand-by generator are also visible (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531841 Elevated view from N of surface arrangement around the shaft of the mine, including the headstock and winding-engine house. The remains of a stand-by generator are also visible (right). 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531842 Detail of the cage, now fixed at the top of the shaft. The owner of the mine, Kenneth Montgomerie, is standing beside the cage. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531843 Detail of the cage, now fixed at the top of the shaft. The owner of the mine, Kenneth Montgomerie, is standing beside the cage. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531844 Detail of the cage, now fixed at the top of the shaft. The cage was used only to carry mined stone from the mine, and to take materials such as wooden pitprops to the pit bottom. It carried one tub at a time, and the mechanism for securing the tub to the floor of the cage is also visible. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531845 Detail of the cage, now fixed at the top of the shaft. The cage was used only to carry mined stone from the mine, and to take materials such as wooden pitprops to the pit bottom. It carried one tub at a time, and the mechanism for securing the tub to the floor of the cage is also visible. 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531846 View from W of the top of the shaft showing the steel headframe, and the cage now fixed at the top of the shaft 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531847 View from W of the top of the shaft showing the steel headframe, and the cage now fixed at the top of the shaft 12/2/2004 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 2531848 View from N of the top of the shaft showing the steel headframe, the cage now fixed at the top of the shaft, and the winding-engine house 12/2/2004 Item Level

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