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Fontaine's safety cage for mine shafts
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Title:
Fontaine's safety cage for mine shafts
Caption:
Fontaine's safety cage for mine shafts. If the rope or chain suspending the cage broke a spring was released and levers were thrust into the guide rods, so stopping the cage from plunging to the bottom of the shaft. From "Underground Life; or, Mines and Miners" by Louis Simonin (London, 1869). Wood engraving. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
Credit:
Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Images \ UIG
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Image size:
2998 x 5100 px | 43.7 MB
Print size:
25.4 x 43.2 cm | 10.0 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1869 • BUILT STRUCTURE • CAGE • CAGES • CITY OF LONDON • DESIGN • ENGINEERING • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • ILLUSTRATION AND PAINTING • ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUE • INDOORS • INDUSTRY • LONDON • LONDON. • LOUIS SIMONIN • MINE SHAFT • MINE • MINES AND MINERS • MINING • MOVING DOWN • MOVING UP • NO PEOPLE • PRINT • ROPE • SAFETY • STRENGTH • TROLLEY • UK • UNDERGROUND • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WITHOUT PEOPLE
