Monument record MDR11696 - Mineral railway (route of), Carnfield Colliery to the Cromford Canal

A 'Railway' connecting Carnfield Colliery with the Cromford Canal was in existence in the 1830s, as it is shown on Sanderson's map of 1835. (1). It was still in use in the 1880s, as it is depicted on the 1st ed. 25" OS map, and named as 'Tramway'. By that time it also had a connection with the Mansfield Branch of the Midland Railway, via a small siding named 'Carnfield Siding', although a single track appears to have continued on to a wharf on the canal. (2). The tramway had evidently been dismantled by the end of the 19th century, as it is no longer shown on the 2nd ed. OS map. (3)