Remains of a cableway, Sutcliffe Wood Lane
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Remains of a cableway, Sutcliffe Wood Lane
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 8 Aug 2020
The 1956 OS map shows an aerial cableway from Walterclough coal and clay pit in the valley bottom, to a road on the hillside above. This stone structure, with steel beams protruding at the top, was probably a support for it.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.715683
Longitude
-1.808591