Shaft Grab

I couldn’t think of a better title myself! When you’re sinking a shaft, where does the muck go – to the bottom of course! – this fixes that problem. The grab was suspended under the staging in the shaft which in turn was suspended on steel ropes from the stage winder. The ”cactus grab” was powered with compressed air, operated by a man in a small cab – it worked magnificently. Alan Franks tells us:”This could be the shaft grab in the middle of Cragg Hall roundabout.”

Image and information courtesy of Alan Franks, also thanks to Alan for the update.