Camion de charbon en haut de la pente. intérimaire Auto Dennison La gravité est utilisée pour obtenir le plein des camions de charbon vers le bas de la montagne et les vides sont retournés.

• Contributeur: Brian Hartshorn / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: J112C4
• Taille du fichier: 34,9 MB (1,7 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 1 février 2017
• Lieu: Denniston Mine, near Westport, South Island, New Zealand.

Informations supplémentaires

The Denniston Self Acting Incline was once described as the eighth Wonder of the World! It was a clever piece of engineering that allowed full coal trucks, each weighing 12 tons, to make the 510 metre descent from the mine at the top of the hill to the Conns Valley railhead below at speeds of up to 8o kph. Denniston was a dangerous mine to work in and the Incline was for a long time the only means for people to get up to and down from the mine. The climate was cold, wet and windy. However the coal was of excellent quality and that made it worth extractin even in those difficult conditions. At the height of its production over 1500 people lived in Dennison with houses, shops, school, church etc. Life in the town can be summed up in the annonymous verse:Damn Dennison, damn the Track, Damn the way, Both there and back, Damn the wind, And damn the weather, God damn Denniston altogether.

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