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Middleton Top

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Middleton-by-Wirksworth.

Middleton Top Engine House (grid referenceSK275552) houses a preserved steam engine formerly used to haul trains up the 700-yard (640 m) long 1-in-8 (12.5%) gradient of Middleton Incline. The engine, built by the Butterley Company of Ripley in 1829, still runs for demonstration purposes and is occasionally open to the public.