There were such things at Newquay, I am researching their use at the moment.
Tanya
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> Robert Waterhouse
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> Subject: FW: Early C19 ore chute design
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> Dear List,
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> Does anyone know of any published sources for the design and construction
> of
> orechutes, where they open either directly beside or under a railway?
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> I'm in the process of producing an isometric reconstruction of the 1806
> double orechutes at Morwellham Quay for my Tavistock Canal book. These
> had
> a pair of stone-constructed vertical chutes which opened directly under
> each
> of a pair of parallel lines.
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>
>
> I just wondered how unusual they were and whether parallels existed
> elsewhere?
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>
>
> Robert Waterhouse
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