Remains of Ropeway, Guisborough Woods
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Remains of Ropeway, Guisborough Woods
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 28 Jun 2007
Until recent felling this spoil tip was completely hidden by trees. Three steel stanchions mark the end of the ropeway for spoil from the New Drift of the Belmont Ironstone Mine which operated from 1907 to 1929. In the distance are the housing estates of Hunter Hill.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.519401
Longitude
-1.055146