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General view on top floor of no. 2 shaft tower showing the exciter from right to left, electric motor, gearbox and cable drum of the no. 2 winder. This winder is equipped with one large cage and a co ...
SC 376614
Description General view on top floor of no. 2 shaft tower showing the exciter from right to left, electric motor, gearbox and cable drum of the no. 2 winder. This winder is equipped with one large cage and a counterweight on wood guides, and can carry 130 men on two decks.
Catalogue Number SC 376614
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17660
Scope and Content Number 2 Winder, 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. The cable on the drum (far left) of this electrical winder is attached to a cage for carrying up to 130 men up and down Number 2 Shaft. It is equipped with dynamic braking. Dynamic braking works by turning a winder's electric motor into a generator. The descending cage or skip slows down as it turns the motor and its energy is converted into electric current. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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