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       Wandering in Whalley bridge ....
   DIR By: mistericeman
       Date: August 3, 2012, 7:57 am
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       Had to pop over to Whalley bridge today for work and spotted
       "stuff" on the way ...
       First of all quite a nice 109 pick up
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       The wheels were a bit  :gay:....
       Then onwards to the village centre and
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       A bridge over (No not the river Kwai) the small stream that used
       to carry the Cromford and high peak down to Bugsworth basin for
       further transhipment .
       On the way back i used a small shortcut that i have driven many
       times before and never noticed it was called "Landy pit lane"
       ....Fnarrr fnarrr But wheels started to turn in my brain and
       further on i spotted this place
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       Bit of a likely looking place i thought ...then spotted the name
       plate on the gate ..."The old engine house"
       Turns out theres a good bit of history on Lady pit and some of
       the others in the local area
  HTML http://www.stevelewis.me.uk/page4.php
       Amazing what you find when you should be working  :smilewide:
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       Re: Wandering in Whalley bridge ....
   DIR By: AllanI
       Date: August 3, 2012, 10:01 am
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       Ooooh yes! It's very histrionic is Whaley. The Cromford and High
       Peak railway terminated at the building that is now listed and
       was the transhipment building for goods between canal and
       railway. The iron bridge in your picture was at the foot of
       Shallcross incline. The C & HP railway is crossed by many
       greenlanes between Whaley and Cromford and many of the inclined
       planes on the route can be still be seen.
       Allan
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