31. A Ruston Hornsby Grantham England two-cylinder steam winding engine is situated immediately adjacent to the west of the headframe. 32. Chophill Colliery was closed by the National Coal Board in 1962, but the winding engine and tower were left in place. 33. Sinking engines were used for the construction of shafts, after which the winding engine would become the source of hoist power. 34. The heapstead and winding engine house were constructed entirely of brick to a German design and is unique in British coal mining. 35. This route would have continued through the scrub, eventually climbing the incline and crossing the eastern firebreak to stationary winding engine . 36. Locomotives began working from St Leonards to Niddrie on 15 February 1847, the incline winding engines being taken out of use. 37. The building contains a winding engine , an intact Babcock boiler in a brick mount, a compressor and an air receiver. 38. It was modernised after World War I and, in 1922, a Koepe friction winding engine was installed in the West Pit. 39. Again, versions included different capacities, hand, winding engine or loco haulage, as well as being manufactured in all gauges. 40. Manufactured in 1927, the Worsley Mesne steam winding engine sits in the boiler house with its suite of six Lancashire steam boilers.
