Gradient Collection

The line into Leicester Station
Section showing the line into Leicester Station as at 17 Jul 1832 when the L&S Railway was opened and also showing the gradient for the extension whilst still under construction

Coaching up Buttermere Hause, Lake District, Cumbria
Coaching up Buttermere Hause. Postcard published by George Perry Abraham (1844-1923), a photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer. Date: 1922

The Steep Bit of Honister Pass, Lake District, Cumbria. Postcard published by George Perry Abraham (1844-1923), a photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer. Date: circa 1910s

Sylvesters Bridge, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c. 1890
Sylvesters Bridge, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, c.1890 Image show a funicular railway train crossing the bridge, which had a gradient of up to 25 percent

Steam locomotive at Scout Green, near Tebay, Cumbria, well known for its steep gradient. circa 1960s

Devon / Countisbury Hill
Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth, Devon - starting innocently enough the road ends in a steep 1 in 4 gradient - the cause of many a motoring mishap

Hill climbing in a Rolls Royce1906
Climbing a hill with a gradient of 1in 609, with 9 passengers aboard, each with an average weight of 11st 2lb each, in a Rolls Royce in 1906

St Hildas Colliery
In county Durham : the mined coal is hoisted above ground level, then the tubs slide down a gradient to be tipped into wagons which take it to the ships

Customs / Cheese Rolling
Cheese Rolling at Coopers Hill. For over 400 years this Whit-Monday ceremony has taken place to preserve rights of common as grazing-ground

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