Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 2018
Date 16-Feb
Volume 220
Issue 4,580
Page 285
Category An Engineer's Day Out
Part
Title National Coal Mining Museum for England
Author Roger Backhouse
Notes Visits the museum at Caphouse colliery. What was a working mine like, coal extraction, Jeffrey 35BB shortwall cutter, trepanners, Gloster Getter, single & double ended shearer, Joy mining machinery, Siskol Champion percussive drilling machine, Docso dintheader, hydraulic prop, roof support, pit pony 'Eric', Austin Hopkinson winch & slusher, moving coal, headstocks and winding, Davy Brothers steam winder, Lilley controller, John Mills winding engine, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne 0-6-0T, Hunslet 0-6-0 diesel shunter, pumping mines, electric fans, ventilation, mining memorial, Kellingley mine, Emley Moor TV mast, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Tolson Museum Ravensknowle Park Huddersfield, Yorkshire Waterways Museum