Bulkeley Hill Narrow Gauge Railway

The Staffordshire Potteries Water Board was granted permission in 1937 to build drinking water pumping stations at Peckforton and Tower Wood in Cheshire with a reservoir on Bulkeley Hill, from where the water was piped to a large reservoir at Cooper's Green near Audley for distribution to Tunstall and the Potteries. After the water was pumped into the elevated reservoir, it ran in a 27-inch pipeline (ø 686 mm) to the potteries.^[3][4]

The incline was used during the construction of the Bulkeley Hill Reservoir and the water pipeline to overcome a height difference of about 345 feet (105 m).^[5] It has three catch points for derailing runaway vehicles. At its bottom station, five reused Lancashire boilers are available as diesel storage tanks for the pumps.^[6][4]

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  Catch point in the lower part, uphill view
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  Steep area near the top, sidewards view
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  Top end, uphill view

• www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/…/bulkeley-hill/

53°05′34″N 2°42′24″W / 53.0928°N 2.7067°W / 53.0928; -2.7067 (Mittelpunkt der Strecke)