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Head gear incline shaft, showing engine houses and skip tipping, 1891

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059C/13

Scope and Contents

207 x 153 mm. Showing the headgear machinery for lifting the trolleys to the surface, with the skips into which is poured the blue ground beyond, and the driving gear in the engine house in the background. A few figures sit in the foreground posed for the photographer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1891

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Fair condition, fading in from edges.

Existence and Location of Originals

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Originator(s)

Middlebrook, John E, fl 1892-1899, photographer

Finding aid date

2012-09-04 16:04:48+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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