Former mineral tramway near Badger Lane, Hipperholme
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Former mineral tramway near Badger Lane, Hipperholme
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 4 Apr 2020
The tramway is about to cross the valley to the far side of Badger Lane and climb up to the former Hipperholme Station. It crossed the beck on a bridge; there are a few ruined pillars in Red Beck, Image It then crossed under Badger Lane in a culvert. The tramway was built in 1919 to take bricks from Allen's brickworks to the station. It was operated by a steam-powered endless belt (information from https://earthdreamery.co.uk/2019/11/19/a-walk-from-halifax/ ). It is shown on maps revised in 1930 and 1948, and was presumably dismantled when the brickworks closed in the 1950s. Diring a further look at the 1930 map I suddenly realised that the tramway went over the beck but continued descending and went under the road. I had seen what I thought was a drainage channel on the far side of the road and realise now that it must have been the tramway.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.723252
Longitude
-1.821135