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Upstream from the Old Engine Shaft are the remains of an old crushing mill which was built in 1830 by the mining engineer John Taylor. Nearby is the collapsed entrance to Flemings level. 01027-320 |
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The modern entance to Flemings level. This short shaft drops into the level a short distance behind the collapsed entrance. 01028_320 |
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If we retrace our steps from Taylor's Mill back towards the Old Engine Wheelpit, we come across a group of fenced shafts which are over three hundred feet deep and should definitely not be approached. The nearby wheelpit is the New Engine Shaft Wheel and the fenced off shaft, logically enough, is called the New Engine Shaft, nearest the camera. 952-320 |
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The long mounting bolts for the wheel axle and winding drum arrangement at the New Engine Shaft can be seen. The wheel at this point supplied winding power for the adjacent shaft but also worked a set of pump rods which ran up the Thriddle Incline, supported on rollers, through an access level and onwards to the top of the underground Thriddle Shaft. The horizontal rods would have run on wooden or metal rollers and moved with a slow reciprocating motion as the wheel turned. 953-320 |
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A close-up of the Thriddle Incline taken from a point just above the New Engine Wheel Pit. This substantial causeway is about six feet high and four feet wide. 955_320 |
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A distant view showing the Thriddle Incline with the fenced area of the New Engine Shaft at its foot. 01026-320 |
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A view looking back down back to the Old Engine Shaft, taken from about halfway up the Thriddle incline. 01029_320 |
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