Birchinlee West Plantation, Derbyshire

Remains of the Derwent Canteen's cellar at Birchinlee / Tin Town

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Birchinlee ("Tin Town") was the temporary village constructed by the Derwent Valley Water Board for the workers building the Derwent and Howden dams. It existed only existed between about 1901 and 1915.

Uploaded to Geograph by Gareth James on 17 February 2014

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