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This still houses the remnants of what may well have been a Boulton and Watt... (more)

Tags: Beam Engine House   top:Derelict, Disused   Grade II Listed   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Quarrying, Mining   building material:Sandstone   Winding Engine House  

This is the former Elliot Colliery's East Pit winding engine. It is now... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   type:Inside   subject:Machine   top:Quarrying, Mining   Stationary Steam Engine   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

This houses the re-erected steam winding engine from Linby Colliery. The... (more)

Tags: subject:Building   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   county:Nottinghamshire   place:Papplewick Pumping Station   Winding Engine House  

The building once housed a winding engine which pulled trains up the adjacent... (more)

Tags: type:Geograph   long distance path:High Peak Trail   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Railways   Winding Engine House  

Now a museum that is to close at the end of July 2015. On the right is the... (more)

Tags: subject:Coal Mine   former:Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Museum   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

This was taken in 1986 when the site was a museum and free from trees. There is... (more)

Tags: Chatterley Whitfield Colliery   top:Derelict, Disused   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Pit Head Gear   top:Quarrying, Mining   near:Tunstall   Winding Engine House  

The bridge incorporates a pastiche of a pit head gear and leads to the museum in... (more)

Tags: subject:Bridge   Foot Bridge   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   place:New Tredegar   Pastiche   top:Paths   Winding Engine House  

The building contains the Robey Engine winding gear.

Tags: top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Industry   place:Papplewick   place:Papplewick Pumping Station   subject:Pump   Pumping Engine   Pumping Station   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Water Resources   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

Horizontal duplex winding engine built in 1888 by the Grange Iron Company and... (more)

Tags: Former Colliery Site   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   type:Inside   subject:Machine   Stationary Steam Engine   Washington   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

Unfortunately the undergrowth, restricted access and the location of the sun all... (more)

Tags: Chatterley Whitfield Colliery   type:Close Look   top:Derelict, Disused   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

The nearer building houses a vertical winding engine with flat rope reels and... (more)

Tags: subject:Coal Mine   former:Colliery   top:Derelict, Disused   Engine Houses   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

In the 1900s pit village. The colliery is obviously the focal point of the pit... (more)

Tags: museum:Beamish   Beamish Open Air Museum   Colliery Headgear   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Museum   Winding Engine House  

A fine consolidated engine house that was apparently used for pumping and... (more)

Tags: former:Engine House   Former Lead Mine   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   former:Mine   former:Mine Building   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

This is the National Trust's preserved rotative Cornish beam winding engine... (more)

Tags: Cornish Beam Engine   place:East Pool   type:Geograph   subject:Historic Building   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   National Trust Property   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

Electric winding engine house with air receivers in front. A former tin mine... (more)

Tags: county:Cornwall   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   top:Quarrying, Mining   former:Tin Mine   Winding Engine House  

A lot of resource was sunk into this museum by the National Coal Board,... (more)

Tags: Colliery Headgear   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Mining Museum   subject:Museum   Winding Engine House  

This is the house containing the now unique 1873 vertical duplex steam winding... (more)

Tags: place:Bestwood   Bestwood Colliery   Colliery Headgear   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   subject:Historic Building   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

A genuine Durham vertical winding engine house and head gear that was relocated... (more)

Tags: Beamish Open Air Museum   Colliery Headgear   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Museum   place:Stanley   Winding Engine House  

Built 1875 by Barker & Cope of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire. Rebuilt by Worsley... (more)

Tags: type:Close Look   Former Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   type:Inside   subject:Machine   top:Quarrying, Mining   Stationary Steam Engine   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

Geared electric winding engine by British Thomson-Houston.

Tags: top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   type:Inside   subject:Mine   Museum   top:Quarrying, Mining   former:Tin Mine   Winding Engine   Winding Engine House  

Although closed in 1967, these deteriorating buildings are still the best... (more)

Tags: subject:Coal Mine   former:Colliery   top:Derelict, Disused   Engine Houses   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

Reconstructed head gear on this former 120' shaft used for mining barytes... (more)

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   Headgear   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   former:Mine   subject:Mine Shaft   top:Quarrying, Mining   place:Snailbeach Lead Mine   Winding Engine House  

This iconic former colliery is about to be demolished. It was found surrounded... (more)

Tags: Colliery Headgear   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

The ruins of the winding drum housing that controlled a cable railway taking... (more)

Tags: Autumn Colour   top:Derelict, Disused   top:Energy Infrastructure   place:Longshaw   National Trust   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House   top:Woodland, Forest  

This houses the steam engine that worked the incline on the Cromford and High... (more)

Tags: date:1831   Cromford & High Peak Railway   period:Early 19th Century   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Industry   Railway Goods Wagons   top:Railways   Scheduled Monument   Winding Engine House  

A footrail is a drift mine and this one is now preserved with underground... (more)

Tags: Apedale   Former Drift Mine   type:Geograph   Heritage Centre   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

This shows the Hope Pit headgear and electric winding engine house.

Tags: Caphouse Colliery   Colliery Headgear   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   place:National Coal Mining Museum of England   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

Seen during a guided tour for Heritage Open Days. This shows how the site is... (more)

Tags: Chatterley Whitfield Colliery   top:Derelict, Disused   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   Powerhouse   top:Quarrying, Mining   near:Tunstall   Winding Engine House  

This was to be the nucleus of a museum but there is no news of any progress and... (more)

Tags: Ancient Monument   former:Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

Used to haul the fishing cobles.

Tags: top:Coastal   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   place:Flamborough   place:North Landing   Winding Engine House  

Now a museum with a preserved steam winding engine and one of the few links to... (more)

Tags: Colliery Headgear   Former Colliery Site   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Museum   Washington   Winding Engine House  

This surviving winding house and head gear are Listed Grade II. Barnsley Main... (more)

Tags: subject:Coal Mine   former:Colliery   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Pit Head Gear   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

Tags: top:Derelict, Disused   disused railway:High Peak Line   long distance path:High Peak Trail   top:Lowlands   top:Paths   top:Railways   Winding Engine House  

These listed headstocks and winder house are about to be demolished in 2013 and... (more)

Tags: former:Colliery   Colliery Headgear   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

Winstanley Shaft was sunk in 1914 and is 235 yards deep. The headgear was built... (more)

Tags: Chatterley Whitfield Colliery   top:Derelict, Disused   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   Pit Head Gear   top:Quarrying, Mining   near:Tunstall   Winding Engine House  

Winstanley Shaft was sunk in 1914 and is 235 yards deep. The headgear was built... (more)

Tags: Chatterley Whitfield Colliery   top:Derelict, Disused   Former Colliery   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   Pit Head Gear   top:Quarrying, Mining   near:Tunstall   Winding Engine House  

This was once used by visitors to the former museum to access the underground... (more)

Tags: Chatterley Whitfield Colliery   Colliery Headgear   top:Derelict, Disused   type:Geograph   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   subject:Mine   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House  

It depends on what floats your boat but I find this a powerful and beautiful... (more)

Tags: former:Colliery   Colliery Headgear   top:Quarrying, Mining   Winding Engine House