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Old 23-01-2015, 07:42 AM
Alan J. Alan J. is offline
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Default Endless rope haulage.

The title "breaker" probably referred to what was called a braking bank. This was where tubs were lowered from one level to another via a drift, the weight of the full tubs going down was used to pull the empties up. The whole thing was controlled by someone used a braking device to control the speed.
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