 |
 |
Hi all, I visited the Hanson works in Claughton on Friday (on my way back home from Yorkshire to Germany) and found one ropeway still operating an other one abandoned. The (extremely friendly!) staff told me, that the abandoned one is due to demolition and also told me, that a new one will be installed soon. Greetings Harald Michael Shaw wrote: > I understand from a friend that the ropeway in use at Claughton Manor Brickworks is to be replaced with a new, higher capacity one. I trust that I am correct in my assumption that this is the last 'classic' ropeway in use in this country. Is anyone planning to try and obtain any items for preservation or to rescue soon to be obsolete paperwork, manuals etc from the owners? Does anyone know what the firms attitude is to prospective visitors and does anyone have a contact name there. > > Mike Shaw > > -- Dr.-Ing. Harald Finster / Aachen Germany http://www.finster-stahlart.de industrial history and architecture http://www.astrid-aix.de gallery: watercolours and oil paintings