tarboat's photos with the keyword: inclined plane

The cement works at Hope in the Peak District was established in 1929 by the Hull based firm of G & T Earle Ltd. The location gave easy access to the shale and limestone required to make cement and large quarries were developed to the north-east and south-west of the works. This view shows the very early development of the limestone quarry in 1929 with its narrow gauge railway incline to take the stone down to the kilns. Today the quarry remains in use but the incline has long been replaced by a conveyor.

George Hargreaves & Co sank the shaft of Grimebridge Colliery in 1851 and soon after a 'ginny road' was built across the moors to transport the coal tubs to the road up the valley from Waterfoot. At the site of the Fox Hill colliery the chain hauled line became a steep incline which crossed a wooden viaduct and then passed through a long tunnel to reach the staith. The line operated for at least 90 years before the coal was routed through the hill to a wharf near Old Meadows on the Bacup to Burnley road. These are the remains of the viaduct on the incline from Fox Hill to the staith at Whitewell Bottom. The wooden viaduct would have been supported on these stone piers

Whilst out and about seeking limekilns I happened upon these pillars for the brake drum of a self-acting incline. After a bit of research it appears that this was for a line serving the Bryngwyn limestone quarry to the south of Gwernymynydd. Map evidence suggests that it was built after 1914 and abandoned by 1940. Stone was taken down to a loading bank close to the main road in the village.

A relic of the fluorspar extraction from mine hillocks in the Great Longstone area of Derbyshire. The spar was lowered down an inclined plane with the rope passing around this wheel with brake wheel above.

George Hargreaves & Co sank the shaft of Grimebridge Colliery in 1851 and soon after a 'ginny road' was built across the moors to transport the coal tubs to the road up the valley from Waterfoot. At the site of the Fox Hill colliery the chain hauled line became a steep incline which crossed a wooden viaduct and then passed through a long tunnel to reach the staith. The line operated for at least 90 years before the coal was routed through the hill to a wharf near Old Meadows on the Bacup to Burnley road. These are the remains of the viaduct on the incline from Fox Hill to the staith at Whitewell Bottom. The wooden viaduct would have been supported on these stone piers

Disused drum house for an inclined plane at the very top of the Garret side of Dinorwic slate quarry. The land in the far distance is Anglesey.

The Ronquières Inclined Plane on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal has a length of 1,432 m and lifts boats through 67.73 m vertically. It consists of two large caissons mounted on rails. Each caisson measures 91 m long by 12 m wide and has a water depth between 3 and 3.70 m. It can carry one boat of 1,350 tonnes or many smaller boats within the same limits. It opened in April 1968 and replaced 14 locks. The approach across country yielded this strange vista with the approach aqueduct to the left, the viewing tower centre, and the inclined plane dipping away to the right.