LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Kilsby Tunnel: lnwrkt3561
The surface area above Kilsby Tunnel. In the right
foreground is a shaft down which there is a water pump, to keep the workings
clear. A set of rocking rods connects the beam engine in the distance to the
pump. There is a second beam engine house in the distance, both having adjacent
chimneys associated with their boilers. Also in the view are three horse gins,
where the horse walks round in a circle all day and turns the winding mechanism
for raising and lowering wagon loads of spoil.
Drawing and caption courtesy of Greg Martin of
www.railalbum.co.uk
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