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General view from S of No. 1 shaft winding tower, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multi-rope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and ...
SC 376610
Description General view from S of No. 1 shaft winding tower, used to wind coal and men using two tower-mounted, geared, multi-rope A.C. friction winders with skip and counterweight, both manually controlled and equipped with dynamic breaking. A spare skip can be seen to the left of the tower.
Catalogue Number SC 376610
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17657
Scope and Content Base of Number 1 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. On the left, a spare skip stands against the base of the tower. Each skip weighs 2 tons and can carry up to 14 tons of raw coal up Number 1 Shaft to the surface. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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