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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2978/2/2
TitlePlans and drawings, found at High Peak Junction in the 1960s
Date1841-1918
Extent8 rolls (45 items), 3 items
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorCromford and High Peak Railway
Custodial HistoryThese records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in September 2026 by the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, to whom they had been donated in 2024 having been "rescued" from the workshops at High Peak Junction after the railway closed in the 1960s.
Appraisal13 unidentified/untitled drawings, marked as low priority by DAS researcher were not retained.
DAS005 [Untitled large drawing, possibly engine part]
DAS009 [Untitled drawing]
DAS019 [Untitled] Half Size July 27 1859
DAS021 [Untitled cranks?] Scale half size Mar 27th 1858 T.B.
DAS023 [Untitiled cranks?] 6 from this, 4 from this
DAS025 [Untitled] Half size
DAS029 [Untitled] full size July 3rd 1857
DAS030 [Untitled]
DAS032 [Untitled]
DAS039 [Untitled] Scale 3/4 one foot 19 feet 5 inches long
DAS046 [Untitled] [mechanism]?
DAS053 [Untitled] [mechanism] Scale half size
DAS056 Full size Mar 24 1855 T.B. [hook]
ArrangementThe original order could not be determined so the plans have been grouped according to the type of drawing, i.e., incline, engine, etc.

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Cromford, Whaley Bridge; Cromford and High Peak Railway; 1831-1969; mineral and freight railway
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