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JOHN WOOD & SONS. ENGINEERS

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Long Rake Mine Winding Engine
Long Rake Mine Winding Engine
Photo: Paul Smith
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Item #: 34308
Close up of the makers name and serial number on the engine we are conserving at the Temple Mine at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.
This engine was built by John Wood and Sons, Engineers of Wigan, probably 1925/26.

Comment by: freddie on 9th March 2023 at 08:38

I can't think what could be made in Wigan, just 100 years after that remarkable peice of engineering

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