On this day in 1842, 182 years ago, horses hauled 4,916 water barrels and 464 spoil skips up nine working shafts at Saltwood Tunnel, a total lift of 555,192 feet (105 miles) for a cost of about £37.
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Leekbrook Junction
Leekbrook Junction
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Leek bound, a passenger train rattles north through the junction.
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Leekbrook Junction sits at the northern end of the preserved Churnet Valley Railway, south of Leek in Staffordshire.