Hall's Bridge

A Stockport-bound train leaves the station at Furness Vale and is about to cross Hall's Bridge which once crossed the tramroad carrying clay from the canal and railway sidings to, and bricks from, the works of The Furness Vale Silica and Firebrick Company Ltd. This continuous cable operated tramroad was on the line of the earlier tramroad that had brought coal from the Diglee Mine that was operating in 1811 and was later in the ownership of Levi and Elijah Hall by 1874. It is after these proprietors that the bridge was named.

For details of the mining operations and tramway see:
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