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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D6367/1/428
TitleMiddleton Incline
Date1955
DescriptionKitson Dock Tank 47000 being lowered down Middleton Incline having been repaired at Derby Loco Works following the derailment at Steeplehouse Goods on the 31st July 1955 (see 0064/0355). Counterbalancing 47000 is a water-tank on the ascent passing the site of Wheatcroft's Quarry opened in 1856. Note the catch-points below the tank designed to derail ascending runaways.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorCromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive
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