THE POPPET HEAD
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The Poppet Head is a 20-meter-high pulley (now vantage point), built exactly on top of of the main shaft of the gold mine below.
The main function of the Poppet Head was for haulage. They carried huge, cable-connected wheels that raised and lowered cages to and from the mine beneath through the mine shaft. This was used to transport anything from workers, their tools and equipment, materials and full minecarts into and out of the mines.
Poppet heads are a great example of machines that have evolved through industrialisation, as many became steam-operated and therefore non-reliant on their old method of horsepower.
This helped the mine-worker society, because it eliminated the challenge of getting miners in and out of mines, which, as it was a dangerous task, previously resulted in injury and death.
IMPACTS ON SOCIETY
The effects the Poppet Head itself had on society are minimal, however as it was powered by steam engines, the negatives correlate with that of the steam engine. However, I believe poppet heads were a very useful invention, as it made transport into the mines, much more efficient and faster, leaving not only more workers entering and exiting mines safely, but less chance of injury, or even death, using much more hazardous methods.