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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