Coalport Canal is a photograph by Adrian Evans which was uploaded on October 20th, 2013.
Coalport Canal
Bottom of the incline plane and doorway house to the tar Tunnel at the north bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge at Coalport, England.... more
by Adrian Evans
Title
Coalport Canal
Artist
Adrian Evans
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Art
Description
Bottom of the incline plane and doorway house to the tar Tunnel at the north bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge at Coalport, England. Miners struck a gushing spring of natural bitumen, a black treacle-like substance, when digging a canal tunnel for the Coalport Canal in 1787. The Hay Inclined Plane is a canal inclined plane with a height of 207 feet (63 m). It linked the industrial area of Blists Hill with the River Severn. The inclined plane was in operation from 1792 to 1894
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October 20th, 2013