Name 1
RAIL BENDING DEVICE
Name 2
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ID number
002.260.Idrija
Manager / Administrator
Idrija Mercury Heritage Management Centre, Bazoviška ulica 2, SI-5280 Idrija
Ownership
Public
Owner
Republic of Slovenia
Local / Original ID Number
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Type of Object
Mine
Description
Short description
The rail bending device is a transverse oblong bracket with L-shaped two-armed hooks. The middle of the transverse bracket has a screw element with a thread, which is vertically wound through the opening.
Measures
Length 47 cm, width 15 cm, height 45 cm.
Materials
Iron
Dating
Second half of the 20th century.
Author / Producer
Manufacturer information is not known.
Picture attachments
Original use
For the purpose of transporting ore and filling material, the mining tunnels were equipped with rails, switches and rotating platforms. While laying tracks in the tunnels, it was necessary to bend the rails at the passages to rectangular shafts. For that purpose, the rail bending device was used, which enabled regular circular rail design.
Present use
The track bending device is being preserved, secured and presented as an important monument of Idrija technical mining heritage with exceptional universal values. Visitors can view it within the permanent museum display Anthony's Main Road. The device is a part of the presentation that represents the entire story of mining in the Idrija Mercury Mine and with that related work process and transport.
Original location
Idrija Mercury Mine.
Present location
Anthony's Main Road, Kosovelova 3, SI-5280 Idrija.
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Anthony's Main Road, Kosovelova 3, SI-5280 Idrija.
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
Regular seasonal maintenance.
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses / collections / links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
- CUDHg Inventory Book;
- Anton Zelenc. In vendar se giblje: katalog rudniških strojev in naprav. Idrija, Mestni muzej Idrija, 2001;
- Anton Zelenc. Idrija municipal museum: restored mine machines and devices of the Idrija mercury mine. Patrimoine de l´industrie, 2004, str. 17–19.
- Anton Zelenc. In vendar se giblje: katalog rudniških strojev in naprav. Idrija, Mestni muzej Idrija, 2001;
- Anton Zelenc. Idrija municipal museum: restored mine machines and devices of the Idrija mercury mine. Patrimoine de l´industrie, 2004, str. 17–19.
Submitted
Mestni muzej Idrija
Submitted by
Miha Kosmač
Date Submitted
11. 3. 2018
Date Edited
Never