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D6367 - Cromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive - 19th-20th cent
1 - Derbyshire Countryside photos - 19th-20th cent
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D6367/1/428
Title
Middleton Incline
Date
1955
Description
Kitson 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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Derbyshire Record Office
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Cromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive
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