2019

NY6930 : Aerial ropeway pylon illuminated by the setting sun

taken 4 years ago, 4 km NNE of Knock, Cumbria, England

Aerial ropeway pylon illuminated by the setting sun
Aerial ropeway pylon illuminated by the setting sun
One of many toppled aerial ropeway pylons, this example being just above the former brake house.
Silverband Mine aerial ropeway, Great Dun Fell

Images of the former Silverband Mine aerial ropeway, taken in March and December 2019.

The ropeway was installed c.1939 by B Laporte & Co (later Laporte Chemicals) who mined barytes at Silverband, just below the summit of Great Dun Fell. An aerial ropeway some 5.6km long took unprocessed barytes to a mill at Millburn Grange, from where another ropeway took the finished product to Long Marton railway station. In 1963, parts of the ropeway were transferred to the Aviemore Ski Centre in Scotland.

References:
Smith, R and Murphy, S (2011) Mines of the West Pennines, British Mining, No. 91, Northern Mine Research Society, Nelson.
Historic England listing: LinkExternal link





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James T M Towill   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 December, 2019   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 8 December, 2019
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 6952 3075 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:40.2535N 2:28.4478W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 6949 3074
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