Clayton Mine (Ecton)
| Clayton Mine | |
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| Gauge : | 610 mm ( 2 foot track ) |
The Clayton Mine was a copper mine in Ecton , Staffordshire .
history
In the Clayton Mine, electric lighting was used underground as early as the 1880s . The electric lamps illuminated the main chamber, where there was a steam engine for the winch and pumps , and an adjacent side chamber where another steam engine was used to generate compressed air. Both steam engines were built there in 1883/4. In a further side chamber, the stone base for another smaller steam engine has been preserved, which drove the direct current generator set up on a wooden floor because of the puddles. All three chambers have been whitewashed to make the lighting more effective. Archaeological finds comprise a commutator - brush , a mica isolator from the commutator, copper lines and parts of the drive belt. Clayton Mine was abandoned in 1889/90. It is therefore an archaeological evidence of the early use of electricity.
Web links
- Ecton Mine Educational Trust (English)
- Ecton Hill Field Studies Association
- List of 25 minerals (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Barnatt (2015): Underground Electric lighting in the 1880s: Clayton Mine, Ecton, Staffordshire. In: Industrial Archeology Review, 37: 1, 20-32, DOI: 10.1179 / 0309072815Z.00000000040 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ N , 1 ° 51 ′ 3 ″ W.