Exploring Eston Mines

[HarryVegas]

The Rosedale railway was there to transport the iron ore (partiallly extracted by the kilns at Rosedale) down to Battersby junction (and then on into M'boro). It had a big height difference which was "sorted" by the Ingleby Incline which was a 1:5 hill, where the weight of full trucks coming down hauled the empty trucks back up.

There were also Iron mines in Glaisdale dale. The old workings are full of water an provide spring water for the farms up there, The raw ore from there was transported down to the village where the furnaces were. There is an old railway line on the Glaisdale moor top. Whether this was used to transport ore down to the village (there is a big height differential between the moor and village), where the furnace were by the railway, via a similar "incline set up" I'm not sure. They may be the remains of Paddie Waddles railway which was a project to link the Glaisdale Mines to Lingdale / Moorsholm mines that had a lot of cuttings and bridges built but was never completed.

Yep, used to live in Moorsholm and the failed Paddy Waddell's railway is the reason why the village clock points into an empty field, rather than the high street! The remains of the cuttings are still there but the rails were never laid.

 

[t4tomo]

Yep, used to live in Moorsholm and the failed Paddy Waddell's railway is the reason why the village clock points into an empty field, rather than the high street! The remains of the cuttings are still there but the rails were never laid.

I think the stuff on Glaisdale moor was a tramway to transport the ore from the dale mine to the village, I think the Paddy Waddell was going to run from Glaisdale station / valley level and branch off the esk valley line and sumhow get through / join up the what they started from the Moorsholm end.. The old station hotel was at Moorsholm but got demolished i think.

I seem to have some vague memory that My dad said there was some sort of tunnel or tramway from the end of moor down to the ironworks near Glaisdale station

 

[HarryVegas]

I think the stuff on Glaisdale moor was a tramway to transport the ore from the dale mine to the village, I think the Paddy Waddell was going to run from Glaisdale station / valley level and branch off the esk valley line and sumhow get through / join up the what they started from the Moorsholm end.. The old station hotel was at Moorsholm but got demolished i think.

I seem to have some vague memory that My dad said there was some sort of tunnel or tramway from the end of moor down to the ironworks near Glaisdale station

Yes the hotel went some years ago. As far as tramways and the iron mines are concerned, 28 days later is your friend...

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