Exploring The Abandoned Staveley Works And Lost Railways

On this video we are in Chesterfield, Derbyshire and part of the site of the old Staveley Works. Derelict former industrial sites are commonplace around this area. No better example than here where we have in a short space - miles of lost railways that resemble spaghetti, collieries, coke plants, chemical works and various plants.

Here was the site of the former Staveley Coal and Iron Company. Mining and production in some degree has been at this site for many centuries, but was accelerated upon the arrival of the Chesterfield Canal in the 1770s. And later the railways.

An area still rich with history. We see the clock tower of the old works offices. The Staveley Works Shed is now a visitors attraction for railway enthusiasts - Barrow Hill Roundhouse. As well as a restored section of the Chesterfield Canal. We start by having a look at the north side of the site. Formerley line after line of railway sidings north of the River Rother. Today the blue brick pillars of a former footbridge remain.

We cross the bridge over the Rother into the main part of the old works site and see examples of tracks from internal railways still in the vast concrete expanse. There is also the red brick fan shaft from the Old Hollingwood Colliery. Fenced off but daunting by it's scale and depth.

Im unsure of the year of closure of this site, but old ariel photos show instrial activity well into the 21st century. Just over the road was the Devonshire Works, where chemical production lasted until 2012.

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