Mineral Railway
Introduction
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Mineral Railway
Image: © Ian Calderwood Taken: 5 May 2007
This branch of the North Staffordshire Railway was built in the early 1900s to serve the limestone quarries at Caldon Low. Although it is currently disused, the track has not been removed and the line is technically only "mothballed". A passenger service also ran down a branch to Waterhouses, where it linked with the Manifold Light Railway. The house, to the left, is called Station House and is at the location of Winkhill Halt. The white tower in the background is the cement works at Cauldon Lowe.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.053528
Longitude
-1.917905