2019

NY6930 : Approaching sunset on the lower slopes of Great Dun Fell

taken 5 years ago, 4 km NNE of Knock, Cumbria, England

Approaching sunset on the lower slopes of Great Dun Fell
Approaching sunset on the lower slopes of Great Dun Fell
One of the best preserved examples of an aerial ropeway pylon which once enabled barytes from Silverband Mine to be carried down to Milburn Grange for processing.
Silverband Mine aerial ropeway, Great Dun Fell

Images of the former Silverband Mine aerial ropeway, taken in March and December 2019.

The ropeway was installed c.1939 by B Laporte & Co (later Laporte Chemicals) who mined barytes at Silverband, just below the summit of Great Dun Fell. An aerial ropeway some 5.6km long took unprocessed barytes to a mill at Millburn Grange, from where another ropeway took the finished product to Long Marton railway station. In 1963, parts of the ropeway were transferred to the Aviemore Ski Centre in Scotland.

References:
Smith, R and Murphy, S (2011) Mines of the West Pennines, British Mining, No. 91, Northern Mine Research Society, Nelson.
Historic England listing: LinkExternal link





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This photo is linked from: Articles: · Images shortlisted for POTY, 2019 Automatic Clusters: · Great Dun Fell [7] · Lower Slopes of Great Dun Fell [4] ·
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James T M Towill   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 December, 2019   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 8 December, 2019
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 69365 30549 [1m precision]
WGS84: 54:40.1446N 2:28.5907W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 6937 3055
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