Original upload date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 02:22:51 GMT
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
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the country. These used to be common: but now, the last one will be gone by 2036.
Thanks to all the team at Forterra: https://www.forterra.co.uk/
Thanks to Dave Martin for the idea!
Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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