The top of Swannington Incline
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The top of Swannington Incline
Image: © Richard Green Taken: 24 Jul 2010
The view from the top of the Swannington Incline, which descended for almost half a mile at a 1 in 17 gradient to mines at Swannington. Loaded wagons of coal were pulled up by cable using a steam engine as power. The mines closed in 1892, but the incline continued in use, this time to lower wagon loads of coal for the boilers of a large pumping engine installed at the Calcutta shaft, until 1947.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.738668
Longitude
-1.379798