Mike,
The illustations showing the winding system working the 16 shafts and
inclined plane at the Glasshouse Common Mine at the time of the accident
in 1865 clearly show that these were not continuous rope systems
(although winding in one shaft was used to counter-balance winding in
another).
Barry Job.
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From: Mike Gill [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 22 May 2003 12:43
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Subject: Multiple winding systems
A thought struck me about these multiple systems and our interpretation
of them. Rather than the rope being attached to a cage/kibble, and
simply winding up and down, are we looking at endless ropes which lap
the drum a couple of time to get a purchase and then go down the shaft,
round a pulley and back up? These could run all the time and loads
could (somehow) be fixed to the rope when required. Jack Nadin
describes such a system, using endless chains, in the Burnley -
Blackburn area. Sorry, I could not find the precise reference, but it
is in either:-
Nadin, J. The Coal Mines of East-Lancashire (Keighley: Northern Mine
Research Society, British Mining No.58, 1997)
Nadin, J. Coal Mines around Accrington and Blackburn (Keighley: Northern
Mine Research Society, British Mining No.64, 1999)
On page 58 of East-Lancs. he has a photograph of a back-to- back winder
at the Copy Pit, Cliviger.
Mike Gill
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