shaft house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shaft house
First recorded in 1870–75
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Figure 1 shows an overshot waterwheel driving through Stangenkunsten pumps in three separate shafts, each covered by the typical conical shaft house.
From Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later by Robert P. Multhauf
As soon as they were out of sight, the mountebank summoned the boys to the shaft house by a wave of his hand.
From The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes by Frank Fowler
The policemen formed a line into the door of the shaft house.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
The tragedy of the shaft house and the imprisonment of Grant Adams had staged for the day all over the nation in the first pages of the newspapers an interesting drama.
From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White
As they entered the shaft house it was discovered that the elevator cage was at the foot of the shaft.
From The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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