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

In Claughton, Lancashire, the Forterra brickworks produces 50 million bricks a year, from shale that's quarried a mile and a half away. To get that shale to the brickworks: the last aerial ropeway in the country. These used to be common: but now, the last one will be gone by 2036.

English
  • Originally Aired July 12, 2021
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created September 3, 2023 by
    josh42
  • Modified September 3, 2023 by
    josh42