winding tower

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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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