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A Section of the Cwmtillery Colliery Flight Rope.
This section of flight, aerial ropeway steel rope was found on-site at Cwmtillery Colliery. It is a half-lock coil, burden rope, this was the rope the flight buckets would travel upon while being pulled by the haulage rope.
The section of rope is 20″ inches in length by 1 and a 1/4″ inches in diameter. The wooden base is 23″ x 4″ inches.