Hi Lyle,
The inclined plane you refer to was actually at Cromford in Derbyshire and
connected the old LMS line - London to Manchester with the High Peak Mineral
Railway. It was one of the few places where there was a canal, river and
railway all running parallel and in close proximity to each other.
I remember as a boy watching this incline operate - a wonderful piece of
engineering.
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Canal Incline/tunnel haulage systems
> There was one near Buxton in Derbyshire if memory serves, but dated to
> the very early 20th century.
>
> Lyle Browning
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Robert Waterhouse wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> Not exactly a mining query, but related:
>>
>> Charles Vancouver in his 'General View of the Agriculture of the County
>> of
>> Devon', published in 1808, described (pages 381-383) the intention to
>> terminate the Tavistock Canal above Morwellham with a double inclined
>> plane,
>> the double chains of which were "proposed to operate from the inclined
>> planes in drawing the vessels through the [canal] tunnel...........and
>> so
>> many of them will be connected and drawn through the tunnel together, as
>> is
>> equal to the power produced by the descending loads on the inclined
>> plane."
>>
>> This system was never put into practice, although a system of cable
>> haulage
>> using a pair of water wheels was later tried in the 1.5 mile tunnel in
>> the
>> 1850s.
>>
>> Has anyone ever come across any similar haulage system either proposed
>> or
>> used, or was John Taylor just trying to be clever?!
>>
>> Robert Waterhouse
>
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