The Bleichert Pendant Tramways: Chapter 5 – Rope Grip Mystery
The rope grip mystery. I have long puzzled over the reason for the installation of two “C” shaped hooks on every bucket carrier. Fig 5.1 (Red arrow) The reason has […]
Author: Philip Hammon
The Bleichert Pendant Tramways: Chapter 8 – Working at Last & Failure
Chapter 8: The suspension tramway has been got to work, at last. Two or three very satisfactory trials have taken place and we may expect to see the shale mine in full swing shortly, for which we are duly thankful, as anything that will make things look up a bit is very welcome.
The Bleichert Pendant Tramway: Chapter 4 – Track Ropes and Insulators
Track ropes. One of the big selling points of a Bleichert Ropeway in 1887, was, that as it operated, the ropes became smother, therefore operation became quieter and more efficient. […]
The Bleichert Pendant Tramways: Chapter 3 – Design Details & Track Rope Problems
This is the only photo that we have of the Southern or Mine end of the Ropeway, but we can deduce quite a lot from it.
The Bleichert Pendant Tramways: Chapter 2 – Design Details
Chapter Two: Explores the design details oft he tramways. The standard towers were basically a tripod with a cross-arm on top.
The Two Bleichert Pendant Tramways at Wentworth Falls & Katoomba
Philip Hammon has been working on the history of the Bleichert Pendant Tramways at Wentworth Falls and Katoomba for the past twenty years, it is time that some of it is placed on the public record.
The Bleichert Pendant Tramways: Chapter 1 – Gladstone
Chapter One: Between 1880 and 1883 Robert Henry Reynolds, a land developer and general wheeler-dealer from Sydney, purchased under Mining Conditional Purchase (M.C.P.) several lots of land near Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia
