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Yes, it must have been about 1948 when I first saw it in operation. There was indeed a large water tank at the bottom of the incline and it was capable of pulling several empty trucks up the incline and trucks full of ore on the way down. Magical days. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: Re: Canal Incline/tunnel haulage systems >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 >>> > >