Editing Derwent Reservoir (Derbyshire) (section)

== Bamford and Howden Railway ==
[[File:Derwent Dam.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Dam wall (16 March 2009)]]
Between 1901 and 1903 a [[standard-gauge railway]] of over {{cvt|7|mi}} was built from the village of [[Bamford]] to the south of the reservoir to Howden, to carry the thousands of tons of stone required for the construction of the two dams. Near the southern end lay the newly opened quarry at Bole Hill near Grindleford.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Remains of the railway can still be seen alongside Derwent Reservoir as well as at the western end of the Ladybower dam where over {{cvt|1.5|mi}} of cutting and trackway remain, and are known locally as 'The Route'. Between the Howden and Derwent dams the present road was built over the top of the railway.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

After supplying well over a million tons of stone the Bole Hill quarry was closed in September 1914, with the end of the railway following soon after. The section between the mainline railway at [[Hope, Derbyshire|Hope]] and [[Yorkshire Bridge]] was relaid in 1935 to aid the construction of the Ladybower dam, but closed again in 1946.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}