Ruhrthaler Loco at Rampgill Level entrance (photo)

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PeteJ
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Snow photos - thought that this one might amuse you....

Photograph:

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Pete Jackson
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skimble
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10 years ago

The caption says it's in Canada. :confused:

PeteJ
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10 years ago

Yes - when you look at a better copy you can see the houses in the village in the background. Another version has it named as in Scotland. A bit of catalogue writers license.....

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royfellows
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10 years ago

"PeteJ" wrote:
A bit of catalogue writers license.....

This sort of thing has come up before.
"Kelldrill: ready to start work, May Mining Co"
(See under Cwmystwyth)

I still recon its Pryces Level at Talybont.
So there all!

My avatar is a poor likeness.

RJV
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10 years ago

Interestingly, there are at least two or three examples of the wagons with the more elaborate bracing scattered around Nent but I can't think that I've seen any of the other type shown in the photograph.

Anybody know different?

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PeteJ
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There were several varieties of waggon, the steel ones were scrapped after 1950. There is a photo of a stack of the steel ones at the back of the Smelting Mill. Some of the Haggs photos also show the steel ones. We pulled a slightly different body out of the river a few years back - this looked more like the ones seen in photos of Greenside (Patterdale) Mine. Another version was used to tram from the mill onto the rock dump at Rampgill Mill.

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rodel
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10 years ago

I definitely tend to agree that this photo is not of Nenthead/Rampgill. Apart from the fact that the background topography is all wrong, the only place the tramway leaving Rampgill adit was close to the bankside was at the entrance after which it went straight out into what is now the parking area as only a few yards from the adit there was a substantial mineshop which would prevent the tracks from hugging the bankside. I'm not sure about the loco either as it looks nothing like any I have seen in old photos elsewhere.

Mr Mike
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10 years ago

The village part in the background, would that be Overwater side and Fiddlers (the hill) in the distance. The loco is heading into the adit - yes?

I seem to recall seeing a old photo of a similar bank of stacked deads in Nent.

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ebgb
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10 years ago

does it make any more sense if it is flipped? sometimes images from old negs n trannies get scanned the wrong way around

just a thought!

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Mr Mike
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10 years ago

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Yep, knew I had seen it, the photo is on page 68 of Alastair Robertson's book 'The Foreigners in the Hills'.

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royfellows
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10 years ago

#11

Good old Mike.
Nice one
:thumbsup:

My avatar is a poor likeness.

PeteJ
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10 years ago

#12

thanks Mike. i have a better copy of this image - will post when I get home

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PeteJ
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🔗99409[linkphoto]99409[/linkphoto][/link]

A better copy - the original is a postcard

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RJV
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10 years ago

#14

Thanks for uploading that. It's a superb image, so different yet so the same.

Mr Mike
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10 years ago

#15

Great Pete, do you have the loco photo that you originally posted in high res, to see the village part?

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PeteJ
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Interesting caption -

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PeteJ
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The English version of the catalogue.

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PeteJ
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A different copy - processed.

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RJV
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10 years ago

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"PeteJ" wrote:
No prizes for guessing the location - the air pipe is still there!🔗99410[linkphoto]99410[/linkphoto][/link]

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John Lawson
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10 years ago

#20

Great photo and deductions.
Have been away for a couple of weeks and arrived to find the best cover on a CAT journal, ever!
It is a VM picture of Nenthead, has it been up loaded to the site yet?