Ladies & Gents,
I have several references to Snailbeach, where only cages were known to
have been installed for raising and lowering the men, and yet the Cornish
manager associated with the installation (Henry Dennis) referred to it as a
man-engine. At Snailbeach the term was also used by Dennis's captains.
Cornish engineer Arthur Waters also referred to it as a man-engine when
making the liquidation inventory in 1884.
Does anyone know of other similar instances? It seems likely that they had
a habit of calling any man-lifting machine a man-engine - were there other
engineers doing the same? Perhaps it was confined to Cornish engineers
because true man-engines had become quite commonplace there. Your thoughts
and any information please!
Regards,
Andy Cuckson
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