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| Brewery Shaft, Nenthead | ||
| Brewery Shaft Shaft | ||
| site name:- | Nent Force Level | |
| site name:- | Nenthead Mines | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | shaft | |
| coordinates:- | NY78294350 (approx) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7843 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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 BUJ86.jpg Brewery Shaft. (taken 23.4.2011) |
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| hearsay:- |
Sunk on land bought from Alston Brewery Co, using an existing mine sump. |
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| The shaft housed a hydraulic compressed air system, a Hydromat system, installed 1903-05.
The system was driven by water from a reservoir and involved an air intake on a steel
tower by the top of the shaft, and air receiver, pelton wheels, compressors, etc at
the bottom. The compresed air was piped into the mines as a source of power for drilling,
hoisting and pumping. |
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| Wilkinson, Peter: 2001: Nent Force Level and Brewery Shaft: North Pennines Heritage
Trust:: ISBN 0 9541845 0 5 |
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