I was doing a geophysical survey in Buxton ca. 1977 and saw the
remnants then. If I remember correctly, there was the remnant of a
tank at the bottom of the slope and the odd cable lying around with a
bit of signage. Sad, but that's reality.
Lyle
On Sep 25, 2008, at 2:08 PM, Trevor Dunkerley wrote:
> 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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