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The UK’s last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes per day, and will be gone by 2036

In Claughton, Lancashire, the Forterra brickworks produces 50 million bricks per year from shale that’s quarried a mile and a half away, transport by Britain’s last aerial ropeway; once common, but gone by 2036

English
  • Originally Aired July 12, 2021
  • Runtime 8 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created August 15, 2021 by
    mikeru99
  • Modified August 15, 2021 by
    mikeru99