Headframe

This article is about the mining shaft infrastructure. For other uses, see Headstock (disambiguation).
"Gallows frame" redirects here. For the frame of a gallows, see Gallows.
The Kintore Headframe and winding drums in Broken Hill, New South Wales
The steel headframe of the Ottiliae shaft (1876) in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the oldest existing headframe in Germany

A headframe[1] (gallows frame,[2] winding tower,[3] hoist frame,[3] pit frame,[3] shafthead frame,[3] headgear,[3] headstock, poppethead) is the structure above an underground mine shaft, built for hoisting machines, people, and materials.[2]

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  2. ^ a b "A Pictorial Walk Through the 20th Century". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ernst, Dr.-Ing. Richard (1989). Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik (5th ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter, 1989. ISBN 3-87097-145-2