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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 _________________________________________________________________ Discover and Win with Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000007ukm/direct/01/