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ECMR Incline
Calstock Quay, Calstock, Cornwall
ECMR incline near Calstock Quay
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| A detail of a tinted postcard of c.1907, after the completion of Calstock Viaduct in the background, but before the dismantling of the East Cornwall Mineral Railway incline of 1872 in the foreground. This is one of the most informative images of the incline and sidings, which ran the full half-mile length of the river quays, above and below the viaduct. The guiding sheave wheels at intervals along the incline kept the cable in line and clear of the trackbed. A telegraph or telephone was used to link the inclineman's office on the left at the foot of the incline, with the winding house at the top. Earlier systems used morse-telegraph, cords on pulleys with bells at either end, or even semaphore. |
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