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The 1895 report stated that the main underground haulage, which had been steam driven, was now working by passing ropes through the pit shaft and was connected to a new above ground engine and engine house which had recently been erected.
The 1896 report advised that one of the Penydarren pit shafts was used to ventilate part of the Long Work pit workings.
Colliery Equipment
The 1896 report advised that one of the Penydarren pit shafts was used to ventilate part of the Long Work pit workings.
Colliery Equipment
The following information has been taken from a General Report on the Dowlais Collieries which was written by Howell R Jones on 5 October 1909 and is part of the Dowlais Papers held in the Glamorgan Records Office in Cardiff.
Coal was wound through one shaft, the output for the year ending 31 December 1908 being 39,811 tons gross or an average daily output of 133 tons. The present output had increased to 900 tones per week, coal being won from the Little Vein and Top Coal seams
The pumping engine was of the Cornish type and very old.
The winding engine was in fair condition and capable of dealing with a large output.
The coal consumption of the boilers average weekly about 66 tons or 31.76% of the gross output.
The boilers for supplying steam for winding, hauling and pumping were very old and of the 45 p.s.i. egg-end type. There were four in use, two being set apart for the pumping engine and two for the winding and hauling engines.
The feed-water was heated in an open feed-water heater from the exhaust of the winding engine. The feed-water required during the 16 hours out of 24 hours when the winding engine is on stop was supplied cold.
The report recommended that should underground developments prove satisfactory during the next six to twelve months, then two new Lancashire boilers with Green’s economisers should be installed to replace the old egg-end units at a cost of £1,600.
The report did not recommend replacement of the boilers solely on the grounds of economy but, since the boilers were of a great age, they were also unsafe.
A hauling engine was situated at the surface and, as with a similar unit at South Tunnel Colliery, a rope was taken down the shaft to undertake haulage duties underground.
Coal was wound through one shaft, the output for the year ending 31 December 1908 being 39,811 tons gross or an average daily output of 133 tons. The present output had increased to 900 tones per week, coal being won from the Little Vein and Top Coal seams
The pumping engine was of the Cornish type and very old.
The winding engine was in fair condition and capable of dealing with a large output.
The coal consumption of the boilers average weekly about 66 tons or 31.76% of the gross output.
The boilers for supplying steam for winding, hauling and pumping were very old and of the 45 p.s.i. egg-
The feed-
The report recommended that should underground developments prove satisfactory during the next six to twelve months, then two new Lancashire boilers with Green’s economisers should be installed to replace the old egg-
The report did not recommend replacement of the boilers solely on the grounds of economy but, since the boilers were of a great age, they were also unsafe.
A hauling engine was situated at the surface and, as with a similar unit at South Tunnel Colliery, a rope was taken down the shaft to undertake haulage duties underground.