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Aerial Ropeway, Photograph courtesy of Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum
 
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Aerial Ropeway

After the demise of the iron mining in Rookhope valley the lead and fluorspar industries were unable to afford the upkeep of the railway. An aerial ropeway was built to Eastgate so that lead ore and fluorspar could be transported from there by rail.

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PREHISTORIC BURIALROMAN PERIOD FARMANGLO-SAXON ROYAL PALACEMEDIEVAL VILLAGEMEDIEVAL CASTLEPOST-MEDIEVAL LEAD WORKINGTWENTIETH CENTURY COAL MINE