Man engine
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A man engine is a mechanism of reciprocating ladders and stationary platforms installed in mines to assist the miners' journeys to and from the working levels. It was invented in Germany in the 19th c
Two-rod example at the Upper Harz Mine Museum, Germany
Person on the 1837 man engine at the Samson Pit in Lower Saxony, Germany
Bottom of the man engine at the Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall
Twin-rod engine installed at the Kongens Gruve, Kongsberg, Norway
Levant Mine and Beam Engine
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Levant Mine and Beam Engine is a National Trust property at Trewellard, Pendeen, near St Just, Cornwall, England, UK. Its main attraction is that it has the world's oldest Cornish steam winding engine
Man engine
…chains, were installed to limit any drop should a breakage occur. In the afternoon of 20 October 1919, an accident occurred on the man engine at the Levant Mine, St Just, Cornwall. More than 100 miners were on the engine being drawn to the surface when a metal bracket at the top of the rod broke. The heavy…
Levant Mine seen from the air in 2020
Levant Mine and ruins in 2020
Looking up at Levant Mine
Levant Mine, Cornwall in 2020