Parsonage Colliery, steam winding engine © Chris Allen

SD6500 : Parsonage Colliery, steam winding engine

taken 42 years ago, near to Leigh, Wigan, Great Britain

Parsonage Colliery, steam winding engine

First off, I must apologise that this is less than good. The original was dark and equalising it to improve it has revealed defects in the emulsion.

The engine was a unique W & J Galloway horizontal duplex with drop valve cylinders 40" bore x 72" stroke and of about 3000 horsepower. Built 1923 and scrapped in 1981 (the drum was retained and driven by a motor). The driver was in the elevated cabin on the left and the circular dial showed where the cages where in the shaft, with final landing by lining up marks on the drum with a pointer.

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Grid Square: SD6500, 110 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Chris Allen (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 7 November, 1980 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 24 March, 2010
Category: Steam engines (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SD 651 005 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:30.0018N 2:31.6556W