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Brewery Shaft, Nenthead
Brewery Shaft Shaft
site name:-   Nent Force Level
site name:-   Nenthead Mines
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   shaft
coordinates:-   NY78294350 (approx) 
1Km square:-   NY7843
10Km square:-   NY74


photograph
BUJ86.jpg  Brewery Shaft.
(taken 23.4.2011)  

hearsay:-  
Sunk on land bought from Alston Brewery Co, using an existing mine sump.
The shaft housed a hydraulic compressed air system, a Hydromat system, installed 1903-05. The system was driven by water from a reservoir and involved an air intake on a steel tower by the top of the shaft, and air receiver, pelton wheels, compressors, etc at the bottom. The compresed air was piped into the mines as a source of power for drilling, hoisting and pumping.

Wilkinson, Peter: 2001: Nent Force Level and Brewery Shaft: North Pennines Heritage Trust:: ISBN 0 9541845 0 5

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