IMPORTANT SALE of COLLIERY PLANT , LANCASHIRE BOILERS . COAL CLEANING PLANT, ELECTRIC PLANT, COAL CUTTERS, BRANCH RAILWAY, LIGHT STEEL BRIDGE RAILS, PUMPS, PIPES, LARGE QUANTITY NEW AND USED TIMBER, LARGE NUMBER PLANKS AND BATTENS, CORRUGUATED IRON ERECTIONS, &c. at WESTALLAN. COLLIERY , FAULDHOUSE STATION, C.R. on TUESDAY, 26 th SEPTEMBER 1916 , at 10.30 . SHIRLAW, ALLAN, & CO., Auctioneers , Hamilton , have received instructions from Messrs Barr & Thornton, owing to Termination of Lease, to Sell by Auction, as follows :
2 Double Head Lancashire Steam Boilers, 30 ft. by 8 ft., by Penman , Glasgow, and Wilson, Glasgow, insured at 100 1b. Pressure; Pair Coupled Winding Engines, 14-in.Cylinders by H. Martin , Carluke , with 6-ft. Drum, built 1911. Main and Tail Rope Haulage for Electric Drive, Drums 3 ft, by 13 ins, Main and Tail Rope Haulage - Engine 10 ¾ in. Cylinder. Drums 3 ft. by 15 ins, 4 Horz . Haulage ard Driving Engines , from 20 ins. to 9 ins; steam Turbine Pump, almost new, by Brotherhood, Peterborough, Single Stage, Capacity 700 Gallons per Minute at 150 ft. Head, Revs . per minute 1800 , witfi Condenser ; Brans' Cornish Sinking Pump , 12 ins . Steam, 9 in . Water; 2 Vertical Veed Pumps, 6in.and 3in Rams; Two 4 in.Tangye Pumps; Six-Pole D.C. Compound Wound Electric Dynamo by Mayor & Coulson Ltd, Volts 500. H.P. 120 ; 2 Electric 3 ½ ft. Disc Coal Cutters by Anderson, Boyes & Co. Ltd. Motherwell . and H Martin, Carluke. for 500 Volts : 1300 Yards Superior Railway Sidings, consisting of Steel Permanent Rails from about 84 lbs, with Sleepers, Points, Cressinss, and Connections ; 5000 Yards Steel Bridge Rails, 14 lb. per Yard; Loose Permanent Rails from 90 lb, and Chairs; 3 Ton Wagon Weighing Machine by Pooley; Table and Relieving Gear; 20cwt. Hutch Weighing Machine by Smith , with 3 ½ ft Revolving Table ; Bar Coal- Picking Table, 44 ft. 9 ins. between Centres, by Martin; Shaking Screen, 26 f . 3 ins: 2 Scraper Conveyors, 15ft 3 ins by 31 ins. and 53 ft. by 9 ½ ins; Hutch Creeper 30 ins by 12 ins 2 Self-Acting Hutch Tipplers with Gear: 46-ft. Pithead Frame: Pair 7 ft. Pithead Spider Pulleys; Fleming , 2 ton Coal Face Conveyor, New ; 6-ft. Capell Ventilating fan; Two Double Cylinder Steam Winches , 6-in . And 5 ½ in. Cylinders; Double Power Pit Crane ; Windmill with 3 ½ in . Pump: 2 EE Boiler Tanks, 30 ft. by 5 ½ ft MI Flanged Tubing from 5 ins; Flanged Steam Pipe from 6 ins.; 1800 ft. of 2-in. S &F Pipes; Steel Sinking Kettle, Drum Cheeks; 105 ft. Guard Rail, Driving Shalts from 48 ½ ft . By 2 7/8 ins., with Pulleys and Connections; Balata Belt , 83ft by 19 ins . ' Bellows, Anvil, Doors, Windows; Large Quantity Scrap Copper, Brass, Zinc, and Lead; C.I., M.I., Steel Scrap &c 1700 ft , of P. P . Beams from 9 ins. by 9 ins., from 47 ft. long; 4000 ft. New P.P . and W.P. Deals, 12 ins by 3 ins., 9 ins. by 3 ins., and 9 ins. by 2 ins., from 24 ft long; Large Number Used Plants and Battens from 11 ins by 3 ins. to 6 ins. by 2 ins., from 30 ft. long 800 ft. of P. P ]. Beams. 12 ins. by 4 ins. to 3 ins by 4 ins., from 45 ft. long; Timber various; firewood. &c Large Timber Corrugated Iron Sheets; Timber of Pithead Scaffold, Coal Picking House, and Gantries ; Corrugated Iron Erections; Brick Built Engine-House, &c . Also Draught Horse, 16 Hds. 6 years old NOTE: The Exposers will Load, the Material on Railway Waggons Free of Charge. Catalogues Iron Auctioneers; Hamilton, September 1916 .
The Scotsman, 18th September 1916
