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 ...
B 17672
Description 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.
Date 1/6/1989
Catalogue Number B 17672
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 376624
Scope and Content Number 2 Winding Tower, Monkton Hall Colliery, Midlothian Monkton Hall Colliery was sunk in 1954-67 and was one of the National Coal Board's five Scottish super-pits. Coal production reached 5,000 tons per day in 1968. Most of the output went to Cockenzie Power Station. It was closed in 1997 and then demolished. This reinforced concrete winding tower does the job of a more traditional headframe. A winding-engine at the top of the tower sends a cage loaded with men and materials up and down Number 2 Shaft. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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