That linkage attached to the winding rope and the skip/cage is a detaching hook which was designed to disengage and trap the skip/cage in the event of an overwind situation. Various detaching hooks were on the market including the Ormerod hook and the Humble hook the latter being manufactured by Head Wrightson Engineering at Thornaby, Stockton on Tees
Thanks for taking quite a risk going down that tunnel, considering that its collapsed inside. Really awesome to see the old lift shaft too. Hope you all managed to make it to the services without running out of fuel.
Hi Tech Tier, it was enjoyable this location. The quiet would have been chaos before it closed. Yes some of the beams were very rotten. I don’t think it’ll be navigable in a few years. Thanks for watching Tech I appreciate your support.
Wow, rather you than me! Watching the video said you made it out and there was no catastrophic rockfall. But it all looked imminent to me! Here in SA, illegal trespassing miners scraping a living down closed Mines are called Zama Zamas. ZZs have a very short life expectancy! Pleased you didn't start shifting debris to go deeper. Fascinating exploring. Thanks for sharing.
The electrical switches in the tunnel are/were emergency stop grab wire safety rope switches designed to be mounted along the length of conveyors (or similar moving machinery) which couldn’t be protected via guards. This enabled the machine to be stopped anywhere along its length in an emergency. Really enjoyable video, keep ’em coming!
Hi, Andy & team. What an amazing interesting video, the views from the top of the winding wheel were stunning! I find old abandoned mines fascinating, the tunnels were especially interesting with the track bed & collapses etc looked very scary! but its a bit sad also that we don't have any working coal mines left. ❤😊
@@ALWResearchTeam absolutely other countries are still mining coal, so should we with all the tonnes of coal still underground. Whole communities have been decimated , it will never be the same . We are surrounded by pit villages here in South Yorkshire. 😊❤
This was captivating, terrifying and really interesting. I'm amazed you were able to get into the mine as far as you did. Good luck in all your future endeavors, may you be safe and healthy. >^*^
Hello there, it was rather remote :) we had plenty of food and water but not much fuel when we eventually got there. Thanks for watching and commenting :)
Last time I went there, there was no fence around the tower etc. Did you climb the fence or was the gate open. The other workings were removed by scrap dealers years ago. Great vid of an interesting piece of mineral history.
Really cool place and thanks for sharing. A real gem. Out of interest, have you considered getting a suitable gas monitor for when you go under ground and confined spaces?
Hello MissB, there were other more modern buildings but they were removed shortly after closure in 1999. The little house looks to have been staff welfare at some stage. Thanks for watching and commenting:)
@@ALWResearchTeam oh how fascinating, so did the workers not live on site then, considering theres only a couple of buildings around, and the looks of it in the middle of nowhere. Gorgeous scenes from where dave was standing.
