Cracken Edge Incline

Little is known about the history of the Cracken Edge quarries. What is clear is that they were closed by the later nineteenth century and that they had an inclined plane to take the product down to the road. The drumhouse for the incline still has substantial remains, including some of the drum itself.

Taken on a fine summer's evening, the background shows the railway viaducts at the triangular junction at Chapel Milton, and also the Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass.