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Interior. Detail of braking system of no. 2 shaft's winder.

SC 376759

Description Interior. Detail of braking system of no. 2 shaft's winder.

Catalogue Number SC 376759

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 17634

Scope and Content Part of braking system of 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. This is part of the braking system for Number 2 Shaft's winder. It forced the brake pads against the drum, so bringing the cage - which might be carrying up to 15.55 tons - to a halt. (Manufactured by Siemen Shuckert.) Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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