Some more photos of this Winding Engine.

Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection

Rawdon Colliery Winding Engine - Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection

Twin cylinder horizontal winding engine as rebuilt with piston valve cylinders, 26in x 60in. Originally built by Handyside of Derby, 1868.
Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection 1977

Rawdon Colliery Winding Engine - Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection

Twin cylinder horizontal winding engine as rebuilt with piston valve cylinders, 26in x 60in. Originally built by Handyside of Derby, 1868. Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection 1977

Rawdon Colliery Winding Engine - Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection

Twin cylinder horizontal winding engine as rebuilt with piston valve cylinders, 26in x 60in. Originally built by Handyside of Derby, 1868. Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection 1977

Rawdon Colliery Winding Engine - Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection

Detail of bearing pedestal, crank and eccentrics. Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection 1977

Rawdon Colliery Winding Engine - Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection

View of Melling’s (Worsley Mesnes) auxiliaries on the winding engine. Pneumatic overwind/overspeed controller on right.
Copyright © NMRS Records: Geoff Hayes Collection 1977

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