Derelict engine house in 1920's with waste tips and the City Arms public house behind
Lifting new timbers into the engine house, these also extend to make the platforms over the shaft
Erecting the replica head gear over the shaft
Installing the old winding wheel (sheave wheel) that was recovered from Andrews shaft
The replica shaft with pump rods and pipe work that were recovered from Andrews shaft during reclamation works
Headgear, pumprod and balance box installed, box launders being built to convey pumped water to the dressing floors
Lloyds Beam Engine House during conservation work
Lloyds beam Engine house after conservation
John Edwards and Simon Hughes descending Lloyds shaft, in the open sided cage.
Replica waterwheel based on the original
The restored Buddle with sweeping brushes made from heather and the feed launders delivering water to the wheel
Following the reclamation works and archaeological excavations a program of restoration of buildings and the creation of a Visitor Attraction was proposed. The area around the Meadow Shaft was identified as being fairly intact with surviving features that could have replica machinery installed and this was then developed as the museum and visitor attraction.
The studying of original photographs of the mine during its working life plus information gained from the excavations all helped in developing the replica machinery. Some of the artefacts recovered during the excavations was used in replicating the original machinery, the winding wheel (sheave wheel) recovered from Andrews shaft plus the tops of the pump rods and cast iron pump columns were also used.