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Detail showing bearing blocks at each side of compressor chain drive pulley (compressor flywheel cover on right), drive for Bellis and Morcam no. 1777 compressor from 650 HP electric motor. Cardowan ...

SC 376886

Description Detail showing bearing blocks at each side of compressor chain drive pulley (compressor flywheel cover on right), drive for Bellis and Morcam no. 1777 compressor from 650 HP electric motor. Cardowan Colliery.

Catalogue Number SC 376886

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of LA 4408

Scope and Content Detail of compressor in Compressor House, Cardowan Colliery, Lanarkshire Cardowan Colliery was opened in 1930 by Nimmo and Dunlop. In its heyday in 1959, its 1970 workers produced 1,550 tons of coal per day from its two shafts. It was closed in 1983 after a serious fire caused excessive levels of methane in the pit. This shows the top covers of the Bellis and Morcam compressor number 1777 providing compressed air for use in the colliery. Piped steam and compressed air are often used to power coal-mining machinery because it is safer to create power away from coal dust and possible pockets of gas than to risk setting off an explosion with a spark or flame from an engine or motor. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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