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NigelG said:As an aside, the name Jib Tunnel commemorates the passage being used for the first winched descents into Main Chamber; the "jib" being a beam placed across the pitch head... somehow.
Yes, also no. That is where the name comes from, but the jib was not placed across the pitch head, it was rather more the beam of a derrick or crane and was thus anchored at one end only.