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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. |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Cromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive |
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