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Monument record MDR968 - Gotham Curve, Cromford and High Peak Railway, Parwich

Type and Period (1)

  • (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Gotham Curve is stone embanked and is the sharpest curve on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, and one of the sharpest on any British Railway. (1) The sharpest of many curves on the Cromford High Peak Railway: 2ch. (50m) radius. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: 1975. Council of British Archaeology Panel on Industrial Monuments. 6.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 1997. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. A Gazetteer of Sites. Part IV. Derbyshire Dales.

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Grid reference Centred SK 187 584 (58m by 78m) (Centre)
Civil Parish PARWICH, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Sep 4 2015 2:34PM

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