Description

HEADFRAME: Dickson Mann Ltd, 1943. Tandem pulley colliery headframe. Steel girder structure, 111ft high, with 2 superposed pulley sheels of standard colliery type; orientated SW-NE.

WINDING ENGINE HOUSE: 1943. Single storey, rectangular-plan engine house, sited NE of headframe. Steel-framed with rendered brick. Steel casement windows. Corrugated asbestos roof; concrete skews. Interior: electric winding engine, rope, and associated control equipment.

Statement of Interest

Frances Colliery was sunk in 1878. The new tandem headframe was constructed around the existing headframe (but facing a different direction) in 1943. This method of construction allowed the pulleys and winding ropes to be transferred to the new frame on a Sunday, losing only a few hours work. The electrical parts of the new engine were supplied by Metro Vickers, the mechanical parts by Robeys, and the braking system by Barclays of Kilmarnock. The headframe and electric winding machinery were the last "traditional" equipment of the type in use in Scotland.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808268

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)