Machines

The Balance Winch enabled the method of lowering full drams of coal down an incline; it was also known as a Self Acting Incline. This one was used in the Empire Colliery in the Vale of Neath and is estimated to be over 100 years old, it is now on display at the South Wales Miners' Museum.

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