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Loaded side-tipping trucks sit on the quarry incline above the plain, haulage rope beside the rails, a “look both ways” board at the edge. One man on the stair is scale, not the subject. This is the in-pit railway that fed the Iron Knob Tramway.
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1945
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Ore skips on the incline, Iron Knob, ca.1945 | Industry & Infrastructure
Ore skips on the incline, Iron Knob, ca.1945
1945
View the in-pit railway that fed the Iron Knob Tramway in 1945. This image captures loaded ore skips on the quarry incline and the surrounding mine landscape.
Loaded side-tipping trucks sit on the quarry incline above the plain, haulage rope beside the rails, a “look both ways” board at the edge. One man on the stair is scale, not the subject. This is the in-pit railway that fed the Iron Knob Tramway.
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