View of water powered beam engine from N.
DF 1313
Description View of water powered beam engine from N.
Date 1971
Catalogue Number DF 1313
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 355380
Scope and Content Water-powered beam-engine at Straitsteps Lead Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfrieshire This water-powered beam-engine probably dates from the late 19th-century, but is the best surviving example of a type of engine in use from the 18th century to pump water out of mineworkings. It was powered by water from a cistern on the hillside above. Originally, the wooden rod, or 'pump spear' hung vertically into the mineshaft. The action of the engine moved it up and down, working a simple pump in the lead mine below. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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