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The model of John Kings 'Detaching Hook'
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DCBR000211
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ImageDate
1992
Location
Victoria Road
Town
Pinxton
About this image
In the late nineteenth century a resident of Pinxton, John King, invented and patented a detaching hook for mine cages which prevented 'overwinds' and is credited with saving the lives of a great many miners. His old workshop was converted into a small museum and is established in the village dedicated to him and a memorial in the form of the colliery headstocks that you can see here with a 'detaching hook', situated at the crossroads as you enter the village from the motorway, opposite the Greyhound Inn.
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