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Steamed up.

A view of the old engine shed at Middleton Top on the High Peak Trail close to Cromford in Derbyshire.
This shed was built in 1829 by the Butterley Company to house a steam powered beam engine to haul rail trucks up a 253 foot incline fro the valley floor close to Cromford. Once at the summit of approximately 1000 feet above sea level the trucks were transferred onto the Cromford and High Peak railway line on their route towards Buxton and Whaley Bridge, it's this old track bed that forms what is now the High Peak Trail.
Although closed in 1963 the old engine is still maintained and can be seen working on limited occassions.
This is the oldest surviving working example of this type of engine in the world.
Following renovation by the Middleton Engine Group after the closure of the line the shed along with winding wheel and incline have been given scheduled ancient monument status. A link to the Historic England site for this building can be found here: historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1007038
A plaque on the wall of the engine house states: This winding engine is protected as a monument of national importance under the ancient monuments acts 1913-53.
Ministry of public building & works.

Taken in: UK / England / Derbyshire Dales District / Middleton-by-Wirksworth (show map)

Taken on: April 8, 2014

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