Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Bolehill Quarries Incline

This is the lower portion of the Bolehill Quarries (Padley) Incline near Grindleford, Derbyshire. The Bolehill Quarries were active in the early years of the 20th century (1901-1914) with gritstone extraction on a massive scale for the construction of the Howden and Derwent Dams a few miles away. Stone was transported down the incline and shunted on to wagons on the main line for further transportation up to the dams sites. The flat area on the left was the location of a group of huts for the quarry and incline workers. A link to an old photo taken during the working of the incline is here: www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Grindleford/BoleHi... In this photo, one of the huts can just be seen in the extreme top right. At some time after the quarries and the incline ceased operation in 1914, two of the huts were relocated to Padley Chapel a short distance away to the south.

This pair of huts are now private dwellings, and are located next to Padley Chapel, but they were originally situated on a flat platform next to the Bolehill Quarries (Padley) Incline. A link to an old photo taken during the working of the incline is here: www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Grindleford/BoleHi... In this photo, one of the huts can just be seen in the extreme top right. At some time after the quarries and the incline ceased operation in 1914, two of the huts were relocated to Padley Chapel a short distance away to the south.

This is the top of the old incline which was used to transport stone from the Bolehill Quarries down to the Derwent Valley where it was then taken by narrow-gauge railway to be used in the construction of the Howden and Derwent Dams. See also here: www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Grindleford/BoleHi... See where this picture was taken. [?]

The remains of the engine-house (?) at the top of the old incline which was used to transport stone from the Bolehill Quarries down to the Derwent Valley where it was then taken by narrow-gauge railway to be used in the construction of the Ladybower and Derwent Dams. See also here: www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Grindleford/BoleHi... See where this picture was taken. [?]

Someone has been living rough among the old Bolehill quarries near Padley Gorge.