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Report - Kellingley Colliery - Part 2 - Jan 2016

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The Amateur Wanderer

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Return to Big K - Headstock Tour - January 2016

Introduction:

For Part 1 Click Here

In part one of my Kellingley Report we took a look around the Bath House and Lamp Room, before moving on to a quick teaser showing the bottom of No.1 Tower. In this report we'll be taking a detailed look at the inner workings of No.1 & No.2 towers.

Re-visited again with @Raz & @ACID- REFLUX

Pictures:

It's straight into the action with this one as the detailed introduction and history in available in part one, please use the link provided at the top of the introduction section to navigate to part one.

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No.1 Tower:

No.1 Tower was in control of the movement of men and equipment from surface level to the shaft bottom. It's this tower that we can access and begin our tour from. The above picture taken from the connecting corridor between No.1 Tower and the Lamp Room.

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Bottom of the lift in No.1 shaft located at the bottom of No.1 Headstock.

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Relay Stations can be seen at either sides of the lifts in the above photo (Blue Huts) in the below picture we take a look inside them. These huts would relay information to the men manning the East and West Winders up the top of the Headstock.

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And a closer look at their control Panels...

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In explore refreshments...

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Shovels...

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A quick look at the Battery Locomotive and Stock before we move up the headstock...

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Underground operations haven't quite seized yet, the recovery of cabling and other valuables is clearly still on going as can be seen in the truck on the right.

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Let's head upstairs then...

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No.1 Tower Winding House:

British Thompson Houston Equipment can be found throughout the winding house...​

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Winding gauge...

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One of the main internal winding wheels...

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Electrical Diagrams...

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A few messages from the ex-workers...

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Winding Motors...

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No.2 Tower:

Before we head off a couple of pics from the bottom of No.2 Tower showing the conveyors where the coal would have risen to the surface...

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And a couple from coal prep that where taken as we made our way out...

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And that's all for this one, I may return with this one been on my door step but this will be the last report I'd imagine.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the pics!

TAW :)
 
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ACID- REFLUX

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That little white clocks got 2 pics already this week lol

Very tasty mate. Like your write ups as well as the pics.:thumb

Nice to meet up again with yourself @Raz
It all looks nice and tidy inside compared to the quagmire we were in outside.....although it was AFAF even with a migraine from hell ;)

Best take some Doggy Treats next time I think :eek: and my waders . If only we could have videoed it ;)
 

Dave W

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Underground operations haven't quite seized yet, the recovery of cabling and other valuables is clearly still on going as can be seen in the truck on the right.​

No salvaging took place at Big K - what was underground at the end of the shift stays underground.
Not economically viable to salvage the infrastructure or equipment. Uk coal can't even afford the demolition costs for the surface buildings.

They're currently drilling the shaft pockets to hold the steelwork which becomes the form work for the concrete cap - this involves chopping all the services and circuits that would intrude through the cap. Hence the cable off cuts.

Dave
 

Speed

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Lovely pictures from the winder cabin. I regret not getting my 50mm out more at collieries!

Is it me or have they removed the coal off those conveyors? Or are you actually inside the airlocks there? Fans still on?
 

Dave W

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There are no conveyors inside the airlock. Skips discharge via bunkers to those conveyors outside the airlock. Not been coal on them since last year.
 

Speed

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Ahh i thought it might be, there was some coal on them outside.. Was going to take a jar and fill it up next visit. haha
 

The Amateur Wanderer

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Cheers all! :)

That little white clocks got 2 pics already this week lol

Very tasty mate. Like your write ups as well as the pics.:thumb

Nice to meet up again with yourself @Raz
It all looks nice and tidy inside compared to the quagmire we were in outside.....although it was AFAF even with a migraine from hell ;)

Best take some Doggy Treats next time I think :eek: and my waders . If only we could have videoed it ;)

Aye, would have made for a good video that, try doing it in shoes next time... PMSL :thumb

No salvaging took place at Big K - what was underground at the end of the shift stays underground.
Not economically viable to salvage the infrastructure or equipment. Uk coal can't even afford the demolition costs for the surface buildings.

They're currently drilling the shaft pockets to hold the steelwork which becomes the form work for the concrete cap - this involves chopping all the services and circuits that would intrude through the cap. Hence the cable off cuts.

Dave

Thanks for the correction Dave, presumed they would have been retrieving copper wiring etc.

Lovely pictures from the winder cabin. I regret not getting my 50mm out more at collieries!

Is it me or have they removed the coal off those conveyors? Or are you actually inside the airlocks there? Fans still on?

Cheers mate, always worth having a prime lens on you I find!

And as Dave has said, taken on the outside of the airlock, I didn't want to mess about with the airlock doors not knowing what was going on on the other side of them!
 
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