A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CROMFORD AND HIGH-PEAK RAILWAY, a railway of Derbyshire and Lancashire. It begins at the Cromford canal, about a mile SE of Cromford; goes north-westward to the Peak Forest canal near Whalley-Bridge; and goes into junction with the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands railway. It was formed in 1830, to connect the canals, and to serve only for minerals and other goods; it rises by several inclined planes, to an elevation of 990 feet above the level of the Cromford canal; it maintains the summit level for 12½ miles, and is altogether 33 miles long from canal to canal; it traverses a tunnel of 638 yards, and numerous bridges and archways; it looked at first to be highly promising, but proved unsuccessful; and it was re-incorporated, with powers for new works, in 1855, and leased, with re-arrangement of capital, to the London and North-western, in 1861.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Derbyshire AncC Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Cromford |
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