View from SW showing pivot bearing-point
SC 733053
Description View from SW showing pivot bearing-point
Date 7/5/1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 733053
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Water-bucket Pumping Engine, Straitsteps Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway Veins of lead ore in the Wanlockhead area were developed from the 17th century with encouragement from the Queensberry Estate. Together with Leadhills, next door in Lanarkshire, Wanlockhead had the richest deposits of lead ore in Scotland. This shows part of a pumping engine of primitive type, apparently installed in the mid-late 19th century. This is the pivot of the working beam, mounted on top of a masonry pier, with cast iron bearing blocks on either side of the beam. Note the elegant curves of the top plank of the beam. This engine, built of wood, with some iron fittings, escaped the wartime drive for scrap which removed most relics of lead mining in this area, and by 1970 was the most interesting relic of the industry. It was, shortly afterwards, taken into state care, and carefully repaired. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/16/4
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