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Haddon Tunnel, the Glossary

Haddon Tunnel was built by the Midland Railway in 1863 when extending the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway from Rowsley to Buxton in Derbyshire, England.^[1]

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Tunnels completed in 1863
Tunnels in Derbyshire

Barbara Castle

Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, (née Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002) was a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1979, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs in British history.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s.

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Buttress

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall.

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Buxton

Buxton is a spa town in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England.

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Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland

Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG (16 May 1815 – 3 March 1888, in Belvoir Castle), styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician.

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Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).

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Cutting

Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force.

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Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England.

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Duke of Rutland

Duke of Rutland is a title in the Peerage of England, named after Rutland, a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall is an English country house on the River Wye near Bakewell, Derbyshire, a former seat of the Dukes of Rutland.

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Hassop

Hassop is a village in the local government district of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, England.

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Hope Valley line

The Hope Valley line is a trans-Pennine railway line in Northern England, linking Manchester with Sheffield. Haddon Tunnel and Hope Valley line are rail transport in Derbyshire.

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Keystone (architecture)

A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault.

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Landslide

Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.

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Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.

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Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway

The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway ran from a junction with the Midland Railway at Ambergate to Rowsley north of Matlock and thence to Buxton. Haddon Tunnel and Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway are rail transport in Derbyshire.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844.

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Monsal Trail

The Monsal Trail is a cycling, horse riding and walking trail in the Derbyshire Peak District.

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Peak District

The Peak District is an upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines.

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Peak Rail

Peak Rail is a preserved railway in Derbyshire, England, which operates a steam and heritage diesel service for tourists and visitors to both the Peak District and the Derbyshire Dales.

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Pit prop

A pit prop or mine prop (British and American usage, respectively) is a length of lumber used to prop up the roofs of tunnels in coal mines.

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Rowsley

Rowsley is a village on the A6 road in the English county of Derbyshire.

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Rowsley railway station

The original Rowsley railway station was opened in 1849 by the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway to serve the village of Rowsley in Derbyshire.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddon_Tunnel

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Tunnels completed in 1863

Tunnels in Derbyshire

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