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Launch in Google Earth
April 13th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Apparently the tunnel running under the road was for the narrow gauge railway. It brought the ore wagons out of the mine into the pit yard near the ‘Tin Tabernacle’.
November 1st, 2009 at 10:09 pm
The original railway can be followed from the village down to the top of the incline. It is also apparent that the creation of the incline involved considerable earthworks that were required to keep the gradient constant.