Near the top of Swannington Incline
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Near the top of Swannington Incline
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 2 Aug 2008
Swannington Incline was on one of the early railways and operated by a very early horizontal steam engine of 1833 that is now preserved at the National Railway Museum. This length of standard gauge railway track leads to the preserved foundations of the winding house.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.736587
Longitude
-1.378954