A thin arch
Introduction
The photograph on this page of A thin arch by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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A thin arch
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 18 Sep 2022
The Ram Hill colliery had a rail line to take the carts to the River Avon and back again. Originally the coal fields of north Bristol built a 4ft 8" rail line (the Dramway) to connect them to the river in 1828, and Ram Hill joined up in about 1832. Initially it was horse-powered, but steam power arrived nine years later. At the terminus of the tracks a single arch was built, made with barely a single layer at the top. Surely it would not have withstood much weight, certainly not lots of coal, so why it was built is a mystery. See Image] for a contextual view.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520339
Longitude
-2.464037