Interior. View of operator's cabin of no. 2 shaft's winder.
SC 376756
Description Interior. View of operator's cabin of no. 2 shaft's winder.
Catalogue Number SC 376756
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 17630
Scope and Content Operator's cabin for Number 2 Shaft's winder, Winding-Engine House, Bilston Glen Colliery, Midlothian Bilston Glen Colliery, one of five super-pits opened by the brand new National Coal Board, was begun in 1952. Sinking was completed in 1963 and production peaked in 1970 when a workforce of 2,367 produced 4,000 tons of coal per day. It was closed in 1989. An operator, or banksman', controls the winding-engines which haul the cages up and down the shaft. Each weighs 6.45 tons empty, 11.85 tons when carrying 72 men, and 15.55 tons when full of coal. Most colliery winding-engines have manual operators or 'banksmen' because: the load varies; the shaft's depth changes as the mine expands; and for safety reasons since, until recently, only a human could be trusted to control and monitor the machinery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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