Railways in the Peak District: A History

by Christopher Nicholson and Peter Barnes

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The Peak District has always been a formidable barrier to transport links across it, particularly railways. The first crude horse-drawn tramways fed canals on its eastern and western flanks, but in 1830 - only five years after the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened - a standard gauge line climbed over the top of the Peak District and down the other side on fearsome inclines to connect canals at Cromford and Whaley Bridge. Sheffield and Manchester...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1445693844

ISBN13:9781445693842

Release Date:January 2020

Publisher:Amberley Publishing

Length:96 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"

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