- Museum
- National Mining Museum Scotland
- Object Number
- N/A
- Title
Colliery Headframe winder
- Object Category
- Winding Engine
- Object Name
- Colliery Winding Engine
- Description
The principle job of the winding engine at a colliery was to raise the coal from the workings via a vertical shaft or occasionally inclined adit or drift to the surface. To do this the coal was firstly loaded into small tubs or latterly large mine cars which were transported to the shaft.
- Location
- Large object Store