headframe
Mine elevator structure
A headframe is the tall structure standing over a mine shaft, supporting the pulleys and cables that raise and lower equipment and workers into the mine.
Also called a headgear or pithead frame.
These steel or timber towers are often the most visible feature of a mining operation: The abandoned headframe still dominates the skyline of the old mining town.
Narrow vertical passage
- hoistRaise with tackle
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
pithead · cage · banksman · collar · sheave · tipple · mine · extraction
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- towerTall slender edifice
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
girder · beam · pulley · lattice · riveted · bolted · fabrication · erection
Maintaining something's condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- restorationReturning something to condition
- tourismLeisure travel sector
interpretation · iconic · community · memorial · colliery · museum · Johannesburg · Tombstone
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
winding · pithead · cage · banksman · collar · sheave · tipple · mine · extraction · underground
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- towerTall slender edifice
- legsLocomotion appendages below torso
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
truss · girder · beam · pulley · lattice · riveted · bolted · fabrication · erection · height
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- restorationReturning something to condition
tourism · interpretation · iconic · community · memorial · colliery · museum · Johannesburg · Tombstone
headframemine shaft
Vertical tunnel for extraction
sump · adit · tunnel · subsurface · stope