Minninglow embankments

Yesterday was a trip to the Minninglow area. Here are the two big stone embankments of the Cromford & High Peak Railway taken from the slopes of Minninglow Hill itself. The trees and spoil just left of centre above the embankment mark a deep quarry from which silica rich materials were extracted and carried by tramway to a brickworks just off the left end. This manufactured a range of refractory bricks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A stitch of three images and best viewed large.