winding gear

The lifts and winding gear were again replaced in 1992.

Play the animation to operate the winding gear that moved them.

If I do not hear by Wednesday, their winding gear may get out of order.

There is derelict winding gear present which was used to pump water up from the river.

It was part of the winding gear from a treacle mine, long since abandoned.

Part of the winding gear is preserved on the pavement to the east side of the office.

The explosion was so powerful it damaged the winding gear which delayed the rescue by several hours.

It extends to three stories high, making a virtue out of the lift winding gear and tank housing.

Make a winding gear with a rope and a hook to go with every bow.

The large slag heap was to the south of the colliery winding gear and buildings.

I chanced to be looking towards the winding gear as a corporal pushed over the lever.

He came out through a triangular metal hutch next to the water tank and the elevator winding gear.

The winding gear is still in working order and runs a loop of cable, but the cable no longer leaves the building.

Typically, a square-section stub emerges from the housing of the winding gear.

The wellhead cover dates from the 18th Century and still contains the winding gear.

They went down mines and clay-pits where they installed winding gears.

A pit head winding gear - reflecting the coal mining that dominated the village for almost a century.

The steel door shuts upon you, and somebody working the winding gear above drops you into the void.

The Tix mansion was built on a rise that brought its ground floor level with the old winding gear.

On the other side were the words Cornish penny, in the centre a view of a mine pumping engine and winding gear.

Due to an underground fire which caused the winding gear to collapse into its own shaft, the colliery was closed in 1931.

Winding gear is the mechanism which allows paddles to be lifted (opened) or lowered (closed).

The 18th century wellhead cover which still houses the elaborate winding gear is a listed building.

The winding gear started again.

In 1933, the steam-powered winding gear was replaced by an electric motor, improving control and reducing operating costs.