winding tower

English edit

Noun edit

winding tower (plural winding towers)

(mining) headframe.^[1]

Translations edit

structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft

German: Förderturm (de) m

References edit

^ Ernst, Dr.-Ing. Richard (1989). Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik (5th ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter, 1989. →ISBN

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