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The Story of the Derwent Valley Dams - Bole Hill Quarry & Disused Railway, Grindleford - Part 1

Bole Hill Quarry Grindleford & Disused Railway - Disused Quarry Peak District Story of the Derwent Valley Dams - Part 1 00:00 Intro & Grindleford / Upper Padley 04:38 The Railway Incline 09:00 Top of incline - Old Marshalling Yard 09:42 Winding Drums 11:29 Railway Cuttings 17:11 Lawrencefield and quarry faces 18:54 Old Millstone piles 20:12 Suprise View I take a trip to Grindleford in the peak district, around 5 miles from the Derwent and Howden Dams to look at the start of the story of the Derwent Valley Dams. The disused and abandoned Bole Hill Quarry (now National Trust Land) is frozen in time from the day that the quarry workers vacated back in 1914 - apart from nature reclaming it's place. In 1901, the Derwent Valley Water Board bought the quarry due to the properties of the gritstone of the area. Over the next 10 years or so the quarry would play a huge part in the remodellng of the lush Derwent Valley. 1.2million tonnes of stone were removed for the building of two dams (Derwent Dam & Howden Dam) in the Derwent Valley. These 2 dams would change the course of history - to what we now know as the Howden and Derwent Reservoirs. Ladybower dam and reservoir would not arrive until 30 years later. I take a look at how that huge volume of stone was moved from the quarry to the main Hope Valley railway line 400ft below the quarry. Via an incline of an unimaginable 1 in 3 gradient, the wagons were lowered and pull down via rope. As a fully ladened wagon was lowered, gravity would pull the empty wagons back up to the top of the quarry. The stone and wagons were then taken by rail to the Bamford sidings and onward transport via the Bamford and Howden Railway (more on this in a later video). The incline starts right by the side of the Padley Chapel and ruins of the Padley Hall. A footpath runs adjacent to the incline for the first 100 yards, afterwhich you can actually walk on the remaining section all the way to the top - and what an incline it is. Only by walking up yourself can you appreciate the steepness and the engineering problem solving of the engineers of the time. At the top of the railway incline was the old winding drum the the rope that pulled/lowered the wagons on the incline. The stone foundations are still in place to walk around. At the top is a plateu where wagons were marshalled and some rock preperation took place. We can follow the route of the sidings along the quarry through some impressive cuttings. The quarry now is a haven for walkers, climbers and wildlife. There are great views of some huge rock faces and caverns. Many fun hours can be spent on the network of paths that pass through and around the quarry. At the far side of the quarry, we arrive at the Suprise View (Sheffield to Hathersage road). We pass through a huge collection of discarded millstones from a previous era of the quarry. These millstones are represented in the logo of the Peak District National Park. Facebook Page -   / wobbly.runner   Instagram -   / wobbly.runner   **Wobbly Runner** Please give the video a like and hit subscribe. My channel was set up in 2020 mainly to feature my running adventures. I planned to film and showcase the days out and destinations my running travels took me. Mainly the Peak District and the sights and marvels of Sheffield and the surrounding regions. However due to Covid restrictions, I found a new interest in researching and exploring old abandoned places - railway lines, canal, woodland, parks to name a few. So the videos you'll find will be mainly be of those things. Of course, where possible I'll be running to my destination.