Ropeway Ropeway A ropeway is a form of naval lifting device used to transport light stores and equipment across rivers or ravines. It comprises a jackstay, slung between two sheers or gyns, one at either end, from which is suspended a block and tackle, that is free to travel along the rope and hauled back and forth by inhauls (ropes attached to the pulley from which the block and tackle are suspended).It is a very useful method of Transportation for very short distance. Because they are more stable, in particular in the direction along the ropeway, and because they require less
Hook Estate and Kennels and grassland (c.1931), purchased by the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA), soon after the first oval track racing arrived in the United Kingdom. The kennels were located on what was formerly Hook Farm, south of Hook Wood. The mansion 'Hook House' or 'The Hook' served as a base for some of the senior staff including the kennel manager and veterinary surgeon and the Hook Cottages and newly built Hook villas were divided among the trainers and their families attached to the GRA's racetracks. The kennels opened with 150 employees and there was a separate kennel block for each of the original