Railway Incline
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Railway Incline
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 11 May 2018
The incline seems to have been the end of a branch line, presumably for bringing ore to Portreath harbour. There must have been some means of assisting the empty waggons back up, because it looks much too steep for a conventional train.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.259933
Longitude
-5.288481