there was a huge Ariel lift at our local brickworks up to the 1960’s, sadly dismantled but the museum has lots of the original winding gear and plans to restore parts, loas of other interesting steam working and an original petrol driven train - well worth a visit for anyone coming. To the area. https://thebrickworksmuseum.org/
This is a great example of getting gravity to work for you.
I did some digging and found another video from Tom Scott and he put the camera on a downhill ropeway ride. A very leisurely way to travel, but I kept on expecting to see Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood riding the uphill side. (Where Eagles Dare)
Amazing that the old timers were able to match the computer generated design!
ReplyDeletethere was a huge Ariel lift at our local brickworks up to the 1960’s, sadly dismantled but the museum has lots of the original winding gear and plans to restore parts, loas of other interesting steam working and an original petrol driven train - well worth a visit for anyone coming. To the area. https://thebrickworksmuseum.org/
ReplyDeleteThis is a great example of getting gravity to work for you.
ReplyDeleteI did some digging and found another video from Tom Scott and he put the camera on a downhill ropeway ride.
A very leisurely way to travel, but I kept on expecting to see Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood riding the uphill side. (Where Eagles Dare)
I was so excited that I forgot to include the link to his other video.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTWc6jWZ9Q
Thank You All for the comments! I will visit the links!
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