Thank you all who have replied about the tramway, it is the aerial
ropeway to Staffin bay I am trying to find out about.
Mike Shaw
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>The line of the tramway from Loch Cuithir to the coast can
clearly be seen
>on Google Earth
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>Tony
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>I went
past the site of the tramway a few years ago. As I was rushing to get
>a ferry I didn't stop, but my recollection was that there was a track
from
>the road to the shore and presumed discharge point. I'd need to
look again
>at a map to refresh my memory
>
>David
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>Shaw
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>There was an aerial ropeway
from Loch Valerian to transport diatomite to
>Staffin Bay in the north
of Skye, is anyone able to tell me where on the bay
>it terminated or
how long it was in use. I understand that it was
>constructed in or
around 1930.
>All the best
>Mike Shaw
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