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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...it is quite possible for them to run away on the iron tracks, especially when loaded. It might be possible to hold the wagons in position during filling by means of blocks placed under the wheels or some such device, but it would be impossible to move them from place to place by hand or to drop them to the loaded heading at the lower end of the faces. Inevitably there would be a runaway with consequent damage to wagons, props knocked out, roof let down and possible injury to life or limb. To obviate this, and to properly control the movement of the wagons along the face, small and simple devices have been constructed consisting of a small cast-iron drum fitted with a friction-brake, mounted in a timber frame, set on skids and held in position by means of a chain attached to a post. This drum holds 300 feet of inch wire-rope fitted at the loose end with an open socket-and-link. This appliance will be moved forward with the face, and is kept in position in line with it. The trip of wagons will be left coupled and while passing around the curve, from the cross-heading to the face, the rope will be attached to the end car, and by the application of the drum-brake the wagons will always be under perfect control and the whole trip can be dropped past the face or stopped and held at any point at will. After the wagons have been filled with coal and dropped to the loaded cross-headings, the wire-rope will be rewound on the dram by means of a crank-handle on one end of the drum-axle and thus be ready to attach to the next trip of wagons. It is the usual custom throughout this district to pay a stipulated price per ton, known as the district price, for all work connected with the hewing, getting and filling of the coal; the work of the...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155126791
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 272
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1155126793
  • Publisher Date: 20 May 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 490 gr


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