staffordshirechina
7 years ago
It looks like a smashed rope roller to me.
You can still see the rope wear groove on it.

Photograph:

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Tamarmole
7 years ago
yup, certainly looks like that to me.
JohnnearCfon
7 years ago
Yes, I agree.
John Lawson
7 years ago
Used to see them used in Whiteheaps, where a winch pulled tubs up the incline to surface.
Usually covered in grease at their edges, otherwise they ended up like the one you have a picture of.
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