The gravity operated tramway was originally built to carry limestone from the quarries at Caldon Low (4 miles to the west) to the canal and lime kilns at Froghall Wharf. It was abandoned in the 1920s.
Uploaded to Geograph by Graham Hogg on 21 May 2012
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