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Capell fan

Capell fan

[kə′pel ‚fan]
(mining engineering)
A centrifugal type of mine shaft fan.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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They include the country's only-surviving Capell fan house, the main ventilation fan for the pit, and another which is on an English Heritage list of at-risk buildings.
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