I did all the electrical work here when they decided to restart production in 2012 / 2013? 1:30 onwards, I did all the power distribution you can see on the left in the background. Good job and a lovely place to work.
Yes, Tom's video was interesting last night 😊 Seems ownership has changed hands since we organised a visit 7 years ago, back then it was run by Hanson. Good to know it has a few more years of operational life ahead.
wonder how many of those buckets have detached midway & had to be retrieved i use to live near a brickworks a long time ago that relied on a cable driven narrowgauge system & every week there would be at least 3 rolling tippers sat halfway down the embankment where they didnt make the sharp turn & derailed
It's an angle station. The buckets come off allowing the angle of the cable direction to change (only slightly in this case) then the buckets go back on again and continue in another straight line.
the buckets are counterweight design & as long as the weight is central the buckets sit atop the cable without being bolted to it reliable system too unlike the narrowgauge where the tippers have a tendancy of tipping over when they derail & the unworked clay not making it to the factory
thats the main powerhouse where the generators & drive motors are the reason for the tippers detaching at this location is the rope winds round flywheels & you dont want to be loosing the tippers at this location
There is no power house or drive motors - it runs on gravity, the weight of the loaded buckets going down hauls the empty buckets back up. The reason why the buckets detach and reattach at the intermediate station is so the line of the ropeway can turn through a slight angle. The pylons all need to be in a straight line (else the rope would fall off), so if the route of the ropeway needs to turn a bit of a corner then an intermediate station like this is used to take the buckets off the rope, pass the rope around a pulley to turn the angle, then put the buckets back on the rope again. In this location the mystery is why? The angle turning intermediate station is a stone's throw from the terminus, why didn't they just continue in a straight line and build the terminus a little further over? ...unless there had been plans for the ropeway to extend further?
Depending on choice of dictionary, then yes, people carrying cable cars/chair lifts are forms of ropeway as well. However generally they are referred to as cable cars/chair lifts, leaving "aerial ropeway" to refer to mineral/non-people carrying systems that shift rocks etc. In this regard Claughton is the last of many such UK systems that is still in operation. The claim for 'the last' isn't one I came up with, it is simply repeating what was generally accepted at the time of publication, and acknowledged by the owners of the system itself. The contracting company they use for specialisted maintnence on the rope for example more usually is employed on cable car systems.
No idea, but it's part of a commercial business - when they no longer have a use for it, then it will become redundant. These days it's likely at that point it will get scrapped. A short way along the hillside is another redundant ropeway still in situ with the pylons marching across the hillside (minus ropes) and there are various other remains dotted about the UK, but just abandoning machinery in the countryside tends to be frowned upon these days - so I guess its years really are numbered.
Gravity - the weight of the loaded buckets of clay going down the hill on the one side is sufficient to haul the unloaded buckets back up the hill on the other side. Each of the buckets attaches to the rope by friction using a 'U' shaped saddle. When the bucket wants to be brought off the wire rope you see a metal rail/bar come up alongside the rope that the pulleys next to the 'U' shaped saddle ride up onto, thus lifting it off the rope.
I did all the electrical work here when they decided to restart production in 2012 / 2013? 1:30 onwards, I did all the power distribution you can see on the left in the background. Good job and a lovely place to work.
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I watched Tom Scott’s video and wanted to see more. This is quite fascinating.
Yes, Tom's video was interesting last night 😊
Seems ownership has changed hands since we organised a visit 7 years ago, back then it was run by Hanson.
Good to know it has a few more years of operational life ahead.
very interesting! Nice Job👍👍
Very interesting operation 👍
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wonder how many of those buckets have detached midway & had to be retrieved i use to live near a brickworks a long time ago that relied on a cable driven narrowgauge system & every week there would be at least 3 rolling tippers sat halfway down the embankment where they didnt make the sharp turn & derailed
Thanks, I see it now!
It's an angle station. The buckets come off allowing the angle of the cable direction to change (only slightly in this case) then the buckets go back on again and continue in another straight line.
the buckets are counterweight design & as long as the weight is central the buckets sit atop the cable without being bolted to it reliable system too unlike the narrowgauge where the tippers have a tendancy of tipping over when they derail & the unworked clay not making it to the factory
Dangerous hard slog it may be, but woefully underrepresented by women in that particular workplace
Cool! Do you know why the buckets detach and the attach at the intermediate "station"?
thats the main powerhouse where the generators & drive motors are the reason for the tippers detaching at this location is the rope winds round flywheels & you dont want to be loosing the tippers at this location
There is no power house or drive motors - it runs on gravity, the weight of the loaded buckets going down hauls the empty buckets back up.
The reason why the buckets detach and reattach at the intermediate station is so the line of the ropeway can turn through a slight angle.
The pylons all need to be in a straight line (else the rope would fall off), so if the route of the ropeway needs to turn a bit of a corner then an intermediate station like this is used to take the buckets off the rope, pass the rope around a pulley to turn the angle, then put the buckets back on the rope again.
In this location the mystery is why? The angle turning intermediate station is a stone's throw from the terminus, why didn't they just continue in a straight line and build the terminus a little further over? ...unless there had been plans for the ropeway to extend further?
This isn't the last areal ropeway in the u.k. If I had to guess! Even a simple chairlift is one so I don't think this is the last!
Depending on choice of dictionary, then yes, people carrying cable cars/chair lifts are forms of ropeway as well. However generally they are referred to as cable cars/chair lifts, leaving "aerial ropeway" to refer to mineral/non-people carrying systems that shift rocks etc. In this regard Claughton is the last of many such UK systems that is still in operation. The claim for 'the last' isn't one I came up with, it is simply repeating what was generally accepted at the time of publication, and acknowledged by the owners of the system itself. The contracting company they use for specialisted maintnence on the rope for example more usually is employed on cable car systems.
Is there any chance to save this unique ropeway to last longer than 2036 ?
No idea, but it's part of a commercial business - when they no longer have a use for it, then it will become redundant.
These days it's likely at that point it will get scrapped. A short way along the hillside is another redundant ropeway still in situ with the pylons marching across the hillside (minus ropes) and there are various other remains dotted about the UK, but just abandoning machinery in the countryside tends to be frowned upon these days - so I guess its years really are numbered.
Anyone know how this works?
Gravity - the weight of the loaded buckets of clay going down the hill on the one side is sufficient to haul the unloaded buckets back up the hill on the other side.
Each of the buckets attaches to the rope by friction using a 'U' shaped saddle. When the bucket wants to be brought off the wire rope you see a metal rail/bar come up alongside the rope that the pulleys next to the 'U' shaped saddle ride up onto, thus lifting it off the rope.
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