Darn it! I remember a location called "Whipsidery Hill" - somewhere near
Plymouth perhaps??
Martin
2008/5/7 NEWMAN, Phil <[log in to unmask]>:
> Robert,
>
> D Bradford Barton refers to a device called a 'whip' or 'whipsidery'
> which was a hoisting device whereby the horse at surface walked
> backwards and forwards in a straight line with the rope running directly
> over the pulleys above the shaft, thus cutting out the need for a whim
> cage. It would only be of use at limited depth though. Don't have the
> book with me but I think it was Cornish Essay VOl 1, 1968.
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Robert Waterhouse
> Sent: 03 May 2008 20:02
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> Subject: Re: Mining term 'whip'
>
> Dear List,
>
> What does the term 'whip' mean in an underground context? The C19 Wheal
> Friendship section drawing shows two shafts called East & West Whip
> Shafts, both of which are named as 'chain roads' higher up in the mine;
> they both converge on the foot of Courtice's Shaft. I suspect the chain
> roads carried chains on pulleys which transferred back-and-forth motion
> to deep pumping machinery - do whips have something to do with this?
>
> Robert Waterhouse
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