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Winding engine
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an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine.

See also: Winding



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Scores of mines peppered the Valleys, with the distinctive sound of steam winding engines echoing out as cages brimming with coal were hauled up from the depths.
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During the April and May I drew the dismantling of the two winding engines.
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The hall, built between 1905 and 1909 to house Penallta Colliery's winding engines, has been included in a list of the treasures of Britain's heritage of 20th Century buildings.
WHAT A TREASURE!; Colliery buildings listed as heritage site by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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