EPW044684 ENGLAND (1934). The Fernilee Reservoir under construction, Goyt Valley, 1934
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Title | [EPW044684] The Fernilee Reservoir under construction, Goyt Valley, 1934 |
Reference | EPW044684 |
Date | May-1934 |
Link | |
Place name | GOYT VALLEY |
Parish | HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 401325, 377442 |
Longitude / Latitude | -1.9801193479517, 53.293662469557 |
National Grid Reference | SK013774 |
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Fernilee village/hamlet |
Ferni |
Saturday 5th of March 2022 09:45:31 PM |
Fernilee Methodist Chapel |
Ferni |
Saturday 5th of March 2022 09:43:46 PM |
The dam's "valve shaft" begins to take shape. It stands as a distinctive feature at the north western corner of the dam. |
DaveH |
Saturday 16th of December 2017 08:02:34 AM |
River Goyt |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 11:48:32 PM |
Steam crane (excavator) |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 11:47:26 PM |
One of the temporary 3ft gauge lines was laid along the trackbed of the closed and lifted Cromford and High Peak Railway line. It appears to be a "cripples siding" for rolling stock awaiting repair. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 11:46:07 PM |
Temporary accommodation for the "Black Gang" of tradesmen and railway staff. In Summer 1932 this community totalled 107 adults and 25 children. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 11:43:30 PM |
North Western Road Car Co. Ltd. buses waiting to take workers to and from Stockport. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 11:41:29 PM |
Steam locomotive on the extensive, temporary 3ft gauge railway used in constructing the dam. Such railways were the usual means of moving materials in dam-building until the ascendancy of the internal combustion engine after the 2nd World War. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 11:38:13 PM |
Former gunpowder mills |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 09:43:45 PM |
Course of the Cromford and High Peak Railway. The section from Shallcross Yard past Fernilee and south almost to Ladmanlow was closed in 1892 and lifted by 1894. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 08:25:39 PM |
Shawstile Farm |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 08:24:55 PM |
Course of the Cromford and High Peak Railway. The section from Shallcross Yard past Fernilee and south almost to Ladmanlow was closed in 1892 and lifted by 1894. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 08:21:07 PM |
Course of the Cromford and High Peak Railway shown by the one-time hedges which had grown to trees over the years. The section from Shallcross Yard past Fernilee and south almost to Ladmanlow was closed in 1892 and lifted by 1894. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 08:20:24 PM |
Course of the Cromford and High Peak Railway. The section from Shallcross Yard past Fernilee and south almost to Ladmanlow was closed in 1892 and lifted by 1894. |
DaveH |
Friday 15th of December 2017 08:18:24 PM |