Colliery Aerial Ropeways

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway Engine House and Filling Station

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway Engine House and Filling Station. The image shows the aerial ropeway engine house, filling station and bunker at the back of the original waste tip by the side of the River Ebbw. The original waste tip had caught fire in 1892-93  The Vivian Tip Fire. The original waste tip had caught fire in 1892 and the …

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Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway and Arrail Street

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway and Arrail Street. This image shows the aerial ropeway crossing the River Ebbw just north of Upper Arrail Street. The photographer was stood on what is now known as the “Turkey Trot”. The path also follows the river to the old gas works whereas now it goes up over at an angle from the river to …

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Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway Standard

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway Standard. The image shows one of the standards halfway up the aerial ropeway route. It shows the tipped-over empty buckets returning and the upright full one ascending. There were 12 of these standards along the route.

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Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway. The image shows the aerial ropeway and Abertillery town. It shows the angle the ropeway took up to the top of the Arael Mountain from the filling station at the colliery by the side of the river.

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Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway. The image shows one of the aerial ropeway standards on the brow of the Arael Mountain. Its concrete foundations can be seen at its base and also Abertillery town in the distance.

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Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway. The image shows the series of the aerial ropeway standards on the top of the Arael Mountain leading to the return standard. In this image you can see the release lever tipping the buckets along the route.

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Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway Return Wheel Standard

Vivian Colliery Aerial Ropeway Return Wheel Standard. The image shows the aerial ropeway terminal return wheel standard covered in waste. This was done to embed it and stabilise the standard for the forces that would be exerted on it with the weight of the ropes, buckets and waste etc over the future years of tipping. Later the buckets were tipped …

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