Edge Hill inclined plane
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Edge Hill inclined plane by Bob Walters as part of the Geograph project.
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Edge Hill inclined plane
Image: © Bob Walters Taken: 11 Nov 2022
The trees mark the route of the Edge Hill Light Railway inclined plane. This was a rope-worked incline used to take wagons up and down from ironstone quarries at the top of Edge Hill to Burton Dassett sidings on the Stratford & Midland Junction Railway. The line closed almost as soon as it was opened in the 1920's due to the changes in ironstone mining after WW1. It lay dormant in a timewarp until it was dismantled in 1946.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.136538
Longitude
-1.441828