Hello List, I'm the one who posted directly to the original person asking the question about what an engine keeper was. I had misplaced the directions for posting to the list. Apologies to all. Here was my response: I found the following on the Scots Origins message board: >From:  "william Findlay" <[email protected]> >Date:  Sat Sep 23, 2000  8:48 pm >Subject:  Re - Colliery Engine Keeper > A Colliery Engine Keeper was the man who worked the winding-engine which >raised and lowered the cage in the mine shaft. Steam engines were used >originally for this task. > >William Findlay >Ayrshire http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scots-origins/message/10400 Regards, Paul North <[email protected]> >Hi List, > >In 1891 Census in a Fife colliery area the occupation of several men is >shown as "Engine Keeper". Can anyone tell me please what such a person >did? I cannot find it in any list of old occupations. > > It is obviously different to an Engine Driver, Engine Man or Engine >Stoker, as those terms are used for other men. >-- >Jill Smith on the beautiful North Coast of NSW Australia > > >==== SCOTTISH-MINING Mailing List ==== >Visit the GENUKI Fife website >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/FIF/ ><================================================> > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp