Elevated view of No.1 winder, a multi-rope friction winder for winding coal skips, with two electric motors @ 1350hp, 700v DC. full winding speed 9.4mps at 56.5 rpm drum speed, Seafield Colliery
SC 376411
Description Elevated view of No.1 winder, a multi-rope friction winder for winding coal skips, with two electric motors @ 1350hp, 700v DC. full winding speed 9.4mps at 56.5 rpm drum speed, Seafield Colliery
Catalogue Number SC 376411
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 81740
Scope and Content Number 1 Winder, Seafield Colliery, Kirkcaldy, Fife Seafield Colliery was sunk by the National Coal Board in 1954-66. It was one of five new super-pits and, in its heyday in 1970, employed 2,466 people. It was closed in 1988. Unlike traditional headframes, the towers contain winders mounted over the shafts. This is the one above Number 1 Shaft. The motor rotates the drum 56.6 times per minute, lifting the cages or skips from the underground workings at up to 9.4m per second. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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