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Cononley Lead Mine - Skipton

The trestle bridge abutment (centre left of image) on the west side of upper Nethergill which carried ore waggons over to Taylor's Shaft ( in the centre of image, with the power-line pole on top) . The ore was tipped down the shaft into waiting waggons at the bottom and trammed out of the Deep Adit Crosscut to the Lower Dressing Floor stamps.

Date 5 June 2018

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