Lower Lady Meadow

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Date:1962 - 1963 (c.)

Description:The 'great white winter' of 1962-3 was the coldest since 1740. Temperatures as low as -22°C were recorded.

Heavy snow caused inevitable problems for British Railways, with snowdrifts of up to five metres bringing the network to a halt.

Here, railway workers resort to using shovels so that a locomotive can drive the snow plough through the snow.

This image is included by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.

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Transport & Communication Railways Floods, Droughts & Weather Damage Churnet Valley Railway

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