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SCRCA Note: Locomotive facilities at Garsdale HeadCreated on 27 April 2019. During the planning stages for the construction of its Settle and Carlisle Railway, the Midland Railway Company planned to construct a large locomotive servicing area at Garsdale Head. A report to the Settle and Carlisle Construction Committee on October 1st, 1872 recommended the provision of "a steam shed to hold 24 engines with adequate water supply". These plans were subsequently revised and, in February 1874, a new proposal was presented to the Committee. This recommended... Read more |
SCRCA Note relating to station footbridgesCreated on 21 December 2018. The original plans for the Settle & Carlisle Railway did not include passenger footbridges or subways at any of the stations between Settle Junction and Petteril Bridge Junction. The historical contextIn the early years of railway operation in Great Britain, safety was not a primary consideration and passenger... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Plans and technical drawings of Ribblehead ViaductCreated on 20 November 2018. Network RailFollowing a request for information as part of the SCRCA Project, Network Rail has kindly published a selection of plans and technical drawings showing details of Ribblehead Viaduct. At the time of writing (20th November, 2018), these include the following: Ribblehead Viaduct Details of work carried out [1988] Plan view giving details of longitudinal cracks [ND] Ribblehead Viaduct Part elevation... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of Hellifield Engine Shed floor plan dated July 1879Created on 12 November 2018. Referencing informationCollection reference: Collection location: Document reference: Document title: Document description: Document date: |
SCRCA Note: Virtual visits to heritage hotspotsCreated on 21 October 2018. 'Virtual visits' are available for the following SCRCA 'heritage hotspots': Hellifield Station Settle Horton Station Ribblehead and Blea Moor Dent Station Garsdale Kirkby Stephen... Read more |
SCRCA Note: Heritage features inside Ormside Station booking office buildingCreated on 28 August 2018. The former main station building at Ormside is no longer accessible to the general public, although a distant view of the west facade can be gained from the former station drive. The following observations relating to the interior of this building were made during an open day held on Thursday 23rd August 2018. It is clear that building's owners are proud of the building's heritage and that they have retained (and intend to continue to retain) as many of the historic interior features as... Read more |
SCRCA Knowledge Base for Ormside StationCreated on 24 August 2018. Ormside Station (general) Ormside station opened to passenger traffic on May 1st, 1876 and to goods on April 1st, 1880. On the 15th August 1876, three people (2 passengers and a guard) were injured near Ormside when a Carlisle to St. Pancras express passenger train was hit by runaway wagons that had become detached from a northbound Bradford to Carlisle goods train. This incident... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Office Of Masters In Lunacy Order Dated 14th February 1894Created on 6 June 2018. Executive summaryThis document relates to a lease of land belonging to "the Reverend Richard Sedgwick Clerk a person of unsound mind" for the erection of snow fences beside the Settle-Carlisle Railway line in Dentdale "for the period of 21 years from 25th March 1894 at the annual rental of £2". The document states that the Midland Railway Company reimbursed Adam Sedgwick the sum of £90 18s 0d to cover "the estimated cost of draining the land on which the said snow screens... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of 1912 Midland Railway Landplans for Dentdale Snow ScreensCreated on 18 February 2018. On sheets 23 to 25, a pair of broadly parallel "snow screens" (snow fences) are depicted as lying to the east of a series of railway cuttings. Location 251850 Sheet 23 includes the following text associated with the snow screens between Dent Head Signal Box and Arten Gill Viaduct:"Earl Bective 8751 10353 Lease of right for snow screens expired Sept. 29th 1900. (A to B)" "Lady Henry... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of 1911 Midland Railway Land Plan for Dentdale Snow ScreensCreated on 18 February 2018. On sheets 23 to 25, a pair of broadly parallel "snow screens" (snow fences) are depicted as lying to the east of a series of railway cuttings. Location 251850 Sheet 23 includes the following text associated with the snow screens between Dent Head Signal Box and Arten Gill Viaduct:"Earl Bective 8751 10353 Lease of right for snow screens expired Sept. 29th 1900. (A to B)" "Lady Henry... Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Mitchell "Life on the Settle-Carlisle Railway" for Dentdale Snow ScreensCreated on 18 February 2018. The following is an extract from page 33 of W.R. Mitchell's book "Life on the Settle-Carlisle Railway", published by Dalesman in 1984). It is quoted here by kind permission of Dr Mitchell. Dent, high and prone to being overblown by snow, was a place selected for snow fences - several lines of railway sleepers, set on the side of the cutting and on part of the moor, where hopefully the snow would be intercepted before it could block the line. "In some shops, there... Read more |
SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Mitchell "Men of the Settle-Carlisle" for 253040Created on 18 February 2018. The following is an extract from page 34 of W.R. Mitchell's book "Men of the Settle-Carlisle", published by Dalesman in 1985). It is quoted here by kind permission of Dr Mitchell. Dent's snow fences looked impressive but were not always effective. "There wasn't much maintenance done. They were just sleepers on end, with fencing wire to hold them up. When I worked as an inspector, I'd sign a form to say that they were still in existence. I suppose the railway was... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of "Dent in the 1950s" by Rodney Hampson for Dentdale Snow ScreensCreated on 18 February 2018. In a fascinating article entitled "Dent in the 1950s", Rodney Hampson states that the snow fences were "pretty dilapidated in my time". Mr Hampson "was Station Master at Dent from March 1952 to September 1955" and he recorded his memories in a 19 page article during 2010. The article was published in serial form in the following issues of the Friends of the Settle Carlisle Line (FoSCL) Journal: August 2010 November 2010 May 2011... Read more |
SCRCA Note regarding Garsdale Water Troughs and the associated reservoir and tank houseCreated on 19 November 2017. The length of the railway between Risehill Tunnel and Garsdale Station includes the former water troughs. These were installed in 1907 at a cost of £4,396 and, when built, they were the highest water troughs in the world. The troughs ran from 255 miles 63 chains to 256 miles 8 chains (a distance of just over a quarter of a mile). It has... Read more |
SCRCA Note: The origin of the name "Sheriff Brow Viaduct"Created on 19 October 2017. The origin of the name "Sheriff Brow Viaduct" is currently unknown. Illustration of 'Sheriff Brow Bridge'from F. S. Williams (1876). Click / tap on the image to open a larger version. F. S. Williams included a line-drawing of this viaduct in his book "The Midland railway: its rise... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of IAG Excavation Report for Ribblehead Construction Camp Building n6Created on 13 October 2017. The excavationIn 2007 the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) asked the Ingleborough Archaeology Group (IAG) to undertake a 'mitigation programme' for the archaeological remains of 'building n6' (one of the structures within the Ribblehead Construction Camp). The aims and objectives of the mitigation programme were to: - remove existing rubble within the stone spread to reveal the... Read more |
SCRCA Note: Map showing the location of 'Victorian railway workings at Ribblehead' in the 1870sCreated on 13 October 2017. The map below shows the approximate location of key sites associated with the construction of the Settle-Carlisle Railway in the Ribblehead area during the first half of the 1870s. The map is protected by copyright (all rights reserved) and it is displayed here with the prior permission of Nigel J. Mussett. Map showing the location of 'Victorian railway workings at Ribblehead'... Read more |
SCRCA Note: PDF version of annotated image for Littledale Limestone QuarryCreated on 9 September 2017. A larger version of Bill Fraser's annotated image is available in pdf format via the following link: 248900_2017_WFr_AR_Little-Dale-Quarry_v5 .pdf The text beneath the image reads: In Little Dale the Hardraw Scar Limestone was quarried to provide stone for the viaduct. Here it is around 7 metres thick and made up of individual beds... Read more |
SCRCA Note: PDF version of annotated image for Force Gill Limestone QuarryCreated on 9 September 2017. A larger version of Bill Fraser's annotated image is available in pdf format via the following link: 249290_2017_WFr_AR_Force-Gill-Quarries_v5 .pdf The text beneath the image reads: At Force Gill the Simonstone Limestone was quarried to provide stone for the viaduct. This is a hard, dark blue-grey limestone approximately 4 metres... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of F.S. Williams (1876) for Dent Head Viaduct (Bridge SAC/77)Created on 5 September 2017. Source: "The Midland railway: its rise and progress. A narrative of modern enterprise" by Frederick Smeeton Williams, published by Strahan & Co London (1876). The following extract is from page 501: Alighting from our engine, we stroll forward to look at the next viaduct: it is in the magnificent Dent Valley, the town of Dent being, however, some eight miles to our left. This viaduct is 200 yards long, of ten semicircular arches, rising 100 feet above the public... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of F.S. Williams (1876) for Ribblehead Viaduct (Bridge SAC/66)Created on 5 September 2017. Source: "The Midland railway: its rise and progress. A narrative of modern enterprise" by Frederick Smeeton Williams, published by Strahan & Co London (1876). The following extract is from pages 497-498: Image 1 An artist's impression of Batty Moss Viaduct during construction.Meanwhile the... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of F.S. Williams (1876) for Blea Moor TunnelCreated on 5 September 2017. Source: "The Midland railway: its rise and progress. A narrative of modern enterprise" by Frederick Smeeton Williams, published by Strahan & Co London (1876). The following extract is from pages 494-497, 498 and 501: The first work at the tunnel itself was the sinking of the shafts. This was done by the aid of a “jack roll," which is like the windlass over a common well, until horse gins could be got into position; and these in their turn were superseded by four... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of F.S. Williams (1876) for Rise Hill TunnelCreated on 5 September 2017. Source: "The Midland railway: its rise and progress. A narrative of modern enterprise" by Frederick Smeeton Williams, published by Strahan & Co London (1876). The following extract is from pages 506-508: A short distance from the northern end of Cow Gill is Black Moss or Rise Hill Tunnel, one of the largest works on the line. Let us visit it as it appeared when in course of construction. We toil up the steep side of the Cow Gill ravine, and come to a small opening in the side of... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of Lancaster Guardian (22/6/1872) for Rise Hill TunnelCreated on 5 September 2017. The following contemporary account appeared in the June 22nd, 1872 edition of the Lancaster Guardian. It recounts a visit by the writer to Black Moss / Rise Hill Tunnel. Being curious to see what was going on in the tunnel, I descended with two of the men number one shaft. The gloom in the rocky excavation, the hammering of drills, the voices of the men and the dim lights of candles gave to the murky scene a novelty that will long be... Read more |
SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of F.S. Williams (1876) for the Ribblehead - Blea Moor TramwayCreated on 5 September 2017. Image 1 Winch or 'Crab' mechanism forwinding chains. A wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne. Science Museum Group Collection Online - Ref: 1990-7255. This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution- ... Read more |
