Regarding Michael Shaw's qery, I have details of a number of Cornish ropeways, only one gives the spacing.
This was the one at New Consols , Luckett, 1949-53 which had previously been installed at Polhigey in the late 1920's and which subsequently went to Wheal Reeth before going onto to New Consols.
Monocable
Length of line on base 508 yds
Lenght over trestles 512 yds
Diff of levels 61 yds
Number of sections one
Capacity 20 tph
Speed 120 yds/min
load 5 cwt
loads/hour 80
Spacing 90 yds
Time interval 45 secs
Number of carriers 11
Allowance for stns 3
Total equipment 14
Horsepower 14
Tony Brooks
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