The East Pool Pumping Engine in 1989 showing the new 'bob' platforms. In foreground a steel duct that carries foul air from the depths of South Crofty Mine, and discharged into the atmosphere by a large extra fan.
The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line.