Museum Entrance Museum
Museum
Friends of Durham Mining Museum
Events Calendar
e-Books and Books for sale
Photograph Gallery
Document Archive
Master Name Index
What's new in the site
Mining
Mining History
Colliery Index
Colliery Maps
Company Overviews
Who's Who
Mineral Information
Educational Material
Bibliography
Statistics
Workers/Employee Lists
Notes for Family Historians
War Service information
Disasters
Disaster Reports
Disaster Report Text
Disaster Report Name Index
UK Disaster Report Text
UK Disaster Report Name Index
Inquest Texts
Names of those killed
Disasters in the 1700s
Disasters in the 1800s
Disasters in the 1900s
Memorials
Awards for Gallantry
On this day ...

Links to other sites of interest
Industrial Heritage Days Out
Former www.pitwork.net web site

Index to site

Contact and address details

Share Page with Social Media

Share on Facebook

Share with Reddit

Share on Delicious

Reports Prev Page Return to Index Next Page Reports
Index

Table Of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Description Of The Colliery
 General
 Management
III. Winding Apparatus
 Shaft and Headframe
 Winding Engine — General
    Brakes
    Safety Equipment
IV. Narrative Of The Overwind
V. Rescue Operations
VI. Investigation Of The Overwind
 Investigation before Normal Winding was resumed
 Investigation after Normal Winding was resumed —
 Brakes
    Lilly Controller
    Brake Contactor
    Regenerative Braking
VII. Cause Of The Overwind
VIII. Comments
IX. Recommendations
X. Acknowledgments
Appendix I
 Technical Particulars of Winding Apparatus
Appendix II
 List of Persons Injured
 
Chart of Time taken to apply the brakes of winding engine at No. 1 Downcast Shaft
Drawing of Winding Apparatus at the No. 1 Downcast Shaft

 

Prev Page Return to Top of Page Next Page


mail
Mail:
Webmaster
Back
Back
Home
Home
Open Government Licence   Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by The Durham Mining Museum and its contributors
Registered Charity No: 1110608
Page last updated: 31 Dec 2022

Privacy Policy
 
Terms & Conditions
 
Search
Search
Print
Print
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z