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Townley Colliery On an incline 1300 yards long. The 
rope has worked six months without any symptoms of 
wearing. Horses were required to assist on this plane 
previous to the wire rope being used. Since then their 
assistance is not required. 
Brandling Junction Railway. — Several incline ropes. The 
first of these ropes was put on seven months ago, and 
although working under disadvantageous circumstances, 
it is spoken of most favourably by the engineer, Mr. 
Coulthard. 
Swadlincote Colliery, near Burton-on- Trent Six hundred 
yards of incline rope have been used nine months. The 
engineer, W. Woodhouse, reports very favourably on 
this rope. 
Bolton and Leigh Railway. — A wire rope, a mile and a 
half long, has been working four months, and is giving 
satisfaction. 
R. S. Newall and Co. have lately supplied ropes to the 
Stanhope and Tyne Railway 3 miles. 
Oldham Branch of the Manchester 
and Leeds Railway 1 do. 
Korth Midland Railway | do. 
Taff Vale Railway | do. 
South Hetton Railway 2 do. 
They have also sent out about twenty pit ropes, not one 
of which has yet been known to fail. 
The Chairman observed that he had seen wire employed 
in the construction of a bridge in France, and a most beauti- 
ful specimen of ingenuity it was. That bridge had a span 
of 400 feet, and the low price at Avhich it was erected was 
almost incredible. He really thought that they ought to 
have a wire bridge constructed above Lady bridge, in Shef- 
