High Level Coal Railway, Liverpool North Docks ? 1964
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High Level Coal Railway, Liverpool North Docks ? 1964
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 13 Jun 1964
As its name implies this line ran at a high level into Bramley-Moore and Wellington Docks, providing a bunkering facility for coal fired ships. It was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and opened in the 1860s. This is one of the tippling points. Wagons would be turned through 90 degrees on the small turntable and run onto the tippler, which would then be raised by the crane to tip the coal into the vessel below. There were several parallel sidings on which wagons could be stored and moved around. Although wagons would be brought down by small steam locomotives, on the staithe they were moved around by ropes driven by capstans like the one in the foreground. The capstans and cranes were driven by high pressure hydraulic mains.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.425543
Longitude
-3.000719