Foxton Inclined Plane
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 เม.ย. 2009
- A wonder of the british waterways the inclined Plane at Foxton had a rather short working life a short film on the site and how the plane would of looked during its short working life, using the Foxton Inclined plane museum's working model.
My grandfather was a lock keeper and was there when they built the lift and my mum was born at the lock house and great grandfather jack has a statue in the house I am very proud of were my family roots start
Impressive amateur effort - well done! It's worth mentioning that the rails of this inclined plane - some of which are still visible - are actually re-used railway track from Brunel's original 7ft broad gauge Great Western Railway and have a unique 'bridge' profile.
Impressive piece of engineering. Well presented...thanx so much.
We did a project about the inclined plane for our engineering o.n.d. at tresham college many years ago. What an amazing piece of engineering!
Thank you for uploading; most informative. The last time I visited, in the 70's, the inclined plane was heavily overgrown.
It would be interesting to see it fully restored to working order. But the sheer logistics of doing so would make it nigh improssible. Rebuilding the tanks, restoring the incline and installing a electric motor to power the tanks. You never know, one day it may happen.
Would be great to see hopefully one day
You still seem to be reading here after all these years. If you want to see an actual working inclined plane (and when traveling abroad is possible again), you might want to go to France. At Arzviller, there is a functional and regularly used plan incliné. Looks very much like the one at Foxton, but was built around 70 years later.
thanks very much, really enjoyed this video after spending the day at Foxton Locks on my parents canal boat 'Ada Apple'
I first went here in about 1984. I can't remember much about it but I'm sure the lower pound was in private hands, very overgrown and closed to the public. The entire inclined plane was overgrown too, as I can remember running through the grass looking for the rails.
it just like elevators the motor doesn't lift the weight of the car just the people in it because of the counterweight. the tub moving down is counterweight to the one moving up.
Fantastic well presented video. Interesting subject.
Bit late in the day but nice work. This was suggested to me after watching a video about Worsley by a TH-camr called Martin Zero. Worsley was another canal location that used an inclined plane but the one there was underground.
Many thanks will have afor the other video sounds interesting
Awesome video!
Many thanks
Great video. Hoping to get to visit the locks this year. It's been a couple of years since I last went. I like all the inclined plane section of your video. james:)
many thanks, glad you enjoyed it
@lewis72 The lower pound was in private hands the fist time I visited to, and was in a bit of a poor state as was the lower half of the inclined plane, thankfully however a lot of work has taken place on the site and its a lot easier to see all the main features.
thanks, been a while since I last went to , (as this film was made a while ago) should imagine it has had even more improvements
Fascinating place, visited a few years ago
I visited the Foxton locks & incline. It was mid to late 2000's and there were plans to restore it. I suppose money is still trying to be raised!
I should imagine so would be a fantastic sight if they ever managed to restore it
does the one going down counter balance the one going up like an elevator? that would explain the 25 HP.
michael mooney yes it did would of been an impressive sight to see it in action
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Vary Interesting and Informative, Big Thank You........
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thanks for watching
@philrobinson005 thanks very much Phil