Bestwood Colliery winding engine house and headstocks - geograph.org.uk - 639091.jpg
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English: Bestwood Colliery winding engine house & headstocks This contains the country's only example of a vertical duplex steam winding engine. Built in 1873 at the Worsley Mesnes Ironworks, Wigan. The pit closed in 1967 and this is now preserved in situ and can be turned slowly by an electrohydraulic winch. This view shows the house to best advantage as there are no trees in the way. The engine is on about six levels inside the building and is an awesome beast. It can't be photographed in one view due to the horizontal subdivision of the building. |
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| Author | Chris Allen |
| Attribution (required by the licence) | Chris Allen / Bestwood Colliery winding engine house & headstocks / |
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This image was taken from the Geograph GB & Eire project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Chris Allen, and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 license.
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