Middleton Top Engine House inside, showing the engine in action.

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Middleton Top engine house is situated at the top of a long incline that has its roots at the river Derwent and the Cromford Canal. It used to pull wagons up the incline so that they could travel along the railway that is now the High Peak Trail.

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Size: 3288px × 4928px
Location: Middleton Top Engine House, Derbyshire, UK
Photo credit: © Paul Grosse / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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