Remains of Tintown
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Remains of Tintown
Image: © Giles Robinson Taken: 2 Apr 2004
Street and terraces on which stood the village of Birchinlee ('Tin Town'), home to many of the navvies that built the Derwent Valley dams. The corrugated iron buildings were sold off once the dams were complete, though part of one is still to be seen in the nearby village of Hope Image See also http://www.peakdistrict-nationalpark.info/time/derwent/tinTown.html
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Image Location
Latitude
53.420941
Longitude
-1.751683