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Discover the traces of Merseyside's industrial past with a new walking app, partly made by former miners determined the past should not be forgotten. The app currently contains 21 walks, most in Scotland, such as the Brucefield Colliery at Clackmannan, Newtongrange (home of the National Mining Museum Scotland), and no fewer than three Alloa Waggonway walks. Jim plans to add guided walks to Sutton Manors neighbouring collieries at Bold and Clock Face and to add more nature notes to all the walks.
(Permalink) Alloa Waggonway Bold Colliery Brucefield Colliery Clackmannan Clock Face Colliery National Mining Museum Scotland Newtongrange Runcorn Gap St Helens Sutton Manor  Drysdale Street Tunnel: The stone steps that now provide pedestrian access between the old route of the Alloa Waggonway and the busy Drysdale Street. View is north towards the station Hotel on 3 July 2008, with Moncrieff Un ...  Bedford Place Tunnel: The tunnel under Bedford Place, Alloa, on the route used by the Alloa Waggonway on its journey to the Forth. Photographed looking south in March 2008 along what is now part of a walkway through the ce ... |
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A plaque to commemorate Alloa's famous Waggonway as a site of historical importance has received a warm welcome at Holyrood.
(Permalink) Alloa Waggonway Bedford Place Tunnel: The tunnel under Bedford Place, Alloa, on the route used by the Alloa Waggonway on its journey to the Forth. Photographed looking south in March 2008 along what is now part of a walkway through the ce ...  Bedford Place Tunnel: Looking north on 2 July 2008 along the route of the Alloa Wagonway running below Bedford Place towards the Drysedale Street/Mar Street underpass in the distance. To the right is the ramp up to street ...  Drysdale Street Tunnel: A provisional member of the Hells Angels Alloa Junior Chapter speeds north through the Drysdale Street/Mar Street underpass along the former route of the Alloa Wagonway on 3 July 2008. V ... |
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A plaque, set to commemorate Alloa's famous Waggonway, has ignited a debate on whether the world's first railway tunnel was built in the Wee County.
(Permalink) Alloa Waggonway Bedford Place Tunnel: The tunnel under Bedford Place, Alloa, on the route used by the Alloa Waggonway on its journey to the Forth. Photographed looking south in March 2008 along what is now part of a walkway through the ce ... |
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