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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 ...
SC 2531845
Description 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.
Date 12/2/2004
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 2531845
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of E 48311 CN
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2531845
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