Roundhouse, Barrow Hill:: OS grid SK4175 :: Geograph British Isles

SK4175 : Roundhouse, Barrow Hill

near to Brimington, Derbyshire, Great Britain

Roundhouse, Barrow Hill

Midland Railway Johnson Class 1F 41708 just catches a thin shaft of sunlight from one of the many windows in the roundhouse roof. The locomotive is standing on a Cowans Sheldon well turntable, which was built in Carlisle in 1931. Cowans Sheldon & Co. Ltd., has been called one of the leading railway and maritime engineers in the world.
The turntable operates between 24 roads, the longest of which is 80 feet and the shortest 60 feet.
The operational roundhouse is the last surviving in Great Britain, built for the Midland Railway Company between 1869 and 1870 and closed in 1991. After seven years of neglect and vandalism the shed re-opened in 1998.
It has retained its connection with the mainline.

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Grid Square: SK4175, 32 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Dave Hitchborne (find more nearby)
Image classification: Supplemental image
Date Taken: Sunday, 5 April, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 9 April, 2009
Category: Railway (preserved) (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SK 413 754 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:16.4711N 1:22.8741W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SK 413 754
View Direction: Southwest (about 225 degrees)