rolley-ways

Updated: January 8, 2026

There are different cranes on the rolley-ways, near the side cuttings, and each is under charge of a lad, called a crane-hoister, whose business is to hoist the baskets brought to him by the putters on to the rolleys, and to chalk down the number he cranes on a board.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading