Engine Shaft
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An engine shaft is a mine shaft
Shaft mining
Shaft mining or shaft sinking refers to the method of excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom....

used for the purpose of pumping, irrespective of the prime mover.
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