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Headframe
Structural frame above an underground mine shaft / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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