2014

NY9444 : Ruin of Engine House, Bolt's Law Incline

taken 10 years ago, near to Rookhope, County Durham, England

Ruin of Engine House, Bolt's Law Incline
Ruin of Engine House, Bolt's Law Incline
This building was formerly the locomotive shed. Locomotives would wait at the top of the cable-hauled incline to transport the waggons on the rest of their journey.
Bolt's Law Railway Incline

Built in 1846 by the Weardale Iron Company, the railway line into Rookhope from Tow Law was the highest-ever standard-gauge railway in the UK. Its purpose was to haul iron ore and limestone from the Rookhope terminus to Tow Law Ironworks along with pigs of lead to the Tyne. Coal was brought as return freight.

The Standing Engine provided power to haul railway trucks up and down the incline on the end of a cable. It remained in operation until 1923.

The consolidation of Bolt's Law Engine House was completed in 2011.


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands Railways Derelict, Disused Moorland Primary Subject: Ruin
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Ruins [20] · Bolt's Law Engine House [12] ·
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NY9444, 73 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 17 October, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 19 October, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9493 4425 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:47.5867N 2:4.8224W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 94938 44263
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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