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Middleton Top Engine House

Sun 14 Sep 25
Sun 14 Sep:1100-1630; Free Entry. Engine House, Rise End, Middleton, Matlock DE4 4LS Heritage Open Day: See the world’s oldest beam engine of its type in action. Discover how it got wagons up and down steep hills on one of the world’s first long-distance railways. Middleton Top is the last surviving complete winding engine house built by the Cromford & High Peak Railway Co and still contains its original pair of beam engines, built by the Butterley Company in 1829, together with its boilers and imposing chimney. The Cromford & High Peak Railway Co was created by the Act of Parliament on 2nd May 1825 for the purpose of linking the Cromford Canal with the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge... READ MORE>

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