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Thesaurus Term/Concept: INCLINED PLANE

Identifier 70229
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A prepared slope on which rails are laid to enable early tramroads and railways to negotiate a steep gradient.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (7)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (2)

Instances/Examples (11)

Context Record
Monument Type MDR14162 Burbage Colliery, Axe Edge Moor, Hartington Upper Quarter (Monument)
Monument Type MDR13268 Butterley Gangroad and Fritchley Tunnel, Crich and Ripley (Scheduled Monument)
Monument Type MDR540 Chapel-en-le-Frith Inclined Plane (site of), Peak Forest Tramway, Chapel-en-le-Frith (Monument)
Monument Type MDR491 Cracken Edge quarry, above Chinley (Monument)
Monument Type MDR9285 Incline, Shallcross Incline; Cromford & High Peak Railway (Monument)
Monument Type MDR5946 Inclined plane (remains of), Tupton (Monument)
Monument Type MDR5894 Inclined plane (site of), near Berristow Farm, South Normanton (Monument)
Monument Type MDR7576 Route of Crich Mineral Railway, Crich and Ripley (Site)
Monument Type MDR4689 The Openwoodgate Branch Lines of the Little Eaton Gangway (Site)
Monument Type MDR10977 Tramway Incline, Dale Road, Peak Forest Tramway, Wormhill (Monument)
Monument Type MDR9562 Upper Section of Chapel-en-le-Frith Incline (site of), Peak Forest Tramway, Chapel-en-le-Frith (Monument)