Claughton Aerial Ropeway crosses the A683, Lancaster Road
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Claughton Aerial Ropeway crosses the A683, Lancaster Road
Image: © Chris Heaton Taken: 11 Apr 2025
The only aerial ropeway left in Great Britain, and hopefully will remain as part of our industrial heritage. It operates entirely by gravity, thus requiring no carbon input to drive the machinery. It stretches roughly for about a mile, bringing shale from a quarry on Claughton Moor down to the brickworks in the Lune Valley. Full buckets are suspended on the rope, with the weight driving them downwards and propelling the empty ones in the opposite direction. https://www.nationaltransporttrust.org.uk/heritage-sites/heritage-detail/claughton-aerial-ropeway A bridge has been constructed across the main road to prevent spillages dropping out of the buckets onto traffic below.
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-2.669918