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The sole surviving industrial aerial ropeway in Britain.
Constructor:
Unclassified
Period of construction:
1900 - 1949
Red Wheel plaque:
Yes
Transport Mode:
Rail
Address:
Hanson Brickworks, Claughton, Lancashire, LA2 9JY
Postcode:
LA2 9JY
Nearest Town:
Lancaster
Heritage Centre:
No
Website:
www.heidelbergcement.com/uk/en/hanson/home.htm
Little changed since its construction in 1924, the ropeway is used to bring shale from a quarry on Claughton Moor, approximately a mile and a quarter distant from, and 750 ft above, Hanson Brick Works.
At the quarry, shale is lifted by a front loading shovel and moved up a ramp to be tipped into an initial crusher, and fed into the loading bunker, from which the ropeway buckets are loaded. Having made the journey to the works, the shale is either tipped into dry stock, or loaded into a dump-truck and moved into the stocking area.
The remaining ropeway is one of two, originally constructed to serve the east and west works. That to the west works was taken out of use when that works ceased operation in 1990. The trestles of the former route to the west works remain, although the rope is now gone. Both routes started together at the quarry and radiated out in basically straight lines, to cross the A683 about a quarter of a mile apart. The remaining route has 26 trestles and from the works, initially climbs gently across an open field before climbing more steeply up the wooded valley side. About half way into its journey, the ropeway emerges from the woods to climb more gently across open moorland, before finally following the line of a narrow tributary valley for the last section. A couple of trestles before the top, there is a slight bend to the right to take the route into the top station.
The ropeway is powered by gravity. The extra weight of the loaded buckets pulls the empties back to the loading point. There is a braking system to maintain the correct speed and allow the rope to be brought to a controlled stand when required.
When "on the rope" the buckets are suspended from a hanger, the head of which has two free running wheels, and two clips. The clips sit on top of the rope, to which they are held fast by a combination of gravity and friction between the rope and the clips. As a bucket approaches the top or bottom station, the wheels engage with a rising Bull rail to lift the clips off the rope. The bucket is then free to run along this rail, which allows it to be manually controlled during the loading and unloading processes.
The loading and unloading operations require two men at each end of the ropeway and are achieved in an average time of 20 to 30 seconds.
At the loading point the first operator catches the bucket as it comes off the up rope onto the guide rail and guides it to a stop underneath the loading chute then returns to take the next bucket. The second operator loads the bucket, pushes it around the guide rail then releases it onto the down rope at the correct moment to maintain the desired speed of the moving rope. Typically this is when the previously loaded bucket can be seen to be two trestles into its journey. This maintains the optimum weight distribution between upward moving empty and downward moving filled buckets.
The ropeway generally operates with between 40 and 46 buckets with a round trip for an individual bucket of about 32 minutes. The daily capacity is 250 tonnes.
Stanjel – the jewel of the Karst region!
The Romans turned the top of the hill into an ancient fort, in the Middle Ages the village expanded over the hill, and later on the settlement was enclosed by defence walls to protect it against Turks invasions.
However, the most dominant features of the village are the Castle and the Church of Saint Daniel, which make Stanjel so remarkable. While walking through the narrow streets, the houses built in stone are telling you the story of stonemasons, who portrayed their experience of the Karst through stone. The streets end up in small squares, which were once popular meeting places for the youth and elderly.
Late Gothic St. Danijel's church was built in the second half of 15th century. Later, in the 17th century, particularly outstanding church tower was built. In its interior there is very interesting marble slab on the high-altar showing the image of the castle at the end of the 17th century. However parish Saint Daniel's church has two succoursal churches: The St. Gregory church and the church of St. Joseph.
Badly damaged during the Second World War, the part of the castle has been restored. The oldest remains of the castle reach back into the Middle Ages. In that time the castle was owned by the Counts of Gorica, then by the Cobenzls, and later on the ownership passed on to many others. In the 17th century it was rebuilt into a renaissance and baroque residence.
The Karst people always had to cope with the problem of the shortage of drinking water. A proof for that is also Stanjel with its numerous stone wells built in the squares. Very interesting is also the Romanic or Karst House with its ethnological collection.
You can experience the Karst from a different perspective in the renovated part of the castle. The castle's halls, where you can meet bridegrooms and brides on Saturdays, host a collection of the recognized painter and graphic Lojze Spacal.
While walking through the streets, you are also invited to visit the gallery in the exhibition tower with the gateway to Kobdilj and the small gifts’ shop. A very interesting passage from the stone village to the green surroundings is represented by Ferrari's Garden, a unique masterpiece of the architect Max Fabiani. You can continue your walk from Ferrari's Garden to Kobdilj on a path named after Max Fabiani, discovering the beauty of green surroundings.
Tower with gateway to Kobdilj became part of the Villa Ferrari in 1928. Enrico Ferrari was a well-known doctor from Italy, Trieste. There was a dining room on the first floor and a beautiful terrace on the roof. In 1944 the tower was half ruined. It has been restored and today there is a gallery in it with exhibitions and a souvenir shop on the ground floor.
On extended river trips and expeditions a line of buckets filled with river water and varying concentrations of soap are used for washing then rinsing vegetables, fruits, and cookware.
LTTS Bucket hats. Sizes L&M. Blue chambray and Japanese linen.
For my nephews for Christmas.
As they are both identical barring the size, I used ribbon tabs (red for P & blue for E) on the chambray side.
Here in Australia the bucket hat is a part of summer just as fish and chips on the beach, seagulls and thongs. This is my take on the traditional bucket hat. Being cotton it is a softer, floppier fit and can be easily chucked into your bag for a day at the beach or shopping.
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My computer powercord picked a lousy week to break...I want to blog about KCWC!!
Sewed this hat until about 11:30pm to finish on day 2
A bucket in the rain when it doesn't wanna fall
And everything that matters, matters not at all
The quiet is too loud- I, feel weak, but I'm tough
I don't think that I'll ever feel like enough...
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It started out like a good night until the rain decided to fall from the sky...
inspired by my sister, i've decided to do a bucket list for a number of reasons. i think its a nice way to set yourself little goals or exciting things you want to do and then feel the achievement went you can tick them off. on mine i have things which i know i have to do for school like 'do 6 observational drawings' or 'do a maths paper a week' and some are really fun like 'go to the beach more than once' and 'make a collage'. may favourite ones are probably the more challenging one (for me anyway ;P) like 'perfect a cookie recipe' or 'go jogging'. i hope i can do them all but we'll see....
I've been letting a collection of buckets father water (ice in winter) as a passive water collector to dump on the compost heap or thirsty trees.
With the last rain dump and then freeze, the ice came out in this interesting shape, like a giant beer mug?
Covered in buttercream with fondant accents. Number "6" done in fondant leaves to look like a plant growing inside with the bugs and worms. Sprinklied with crushed oreo cookies to give it a dirt look.
In 2014, the Frank Myers Auto Maxx Team participated in the ice bucket challenge at the dealership in Winston-Salem, NC. These photos document that day.