Cantilevered headstock

This headstock was actually at Ringwood, a similar mine to the north of the Erith Mine, but is believed to be similar to that at the Erith Mine. It was designed to lift coal carts vertically from the narrow gauge haulage railway as they exit from the adit.

This photograph was uploaded February 9th 2019 by larker.

Copyright / re-use statement: The Light Railway Research Society of Australia, Light Railways No. 130, October 1995

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