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Top Power House is a late nineteenth-century electric power generation station associated with the Greenside lead mine in Westmorland. The facility was constructed to harness water power via a leat system to supply electricity for the mine's operations, reflecting the technological modernisation of metal mining in the industrial period. The stone-built power house and its associated water conveyance infrastructure represent the application of hydroelectric technology to mineral extraction in the Lake District fells. The site documents the transition from traditional mining methods to mechanised production driven by electrical power generation in the closing decades of the nineteenth century.
Top Power House electric power generation station and associated leat for Greenside lead mine centred 740m NNW of Hole-in-the-Wall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021144. View the official record →
Top Power House is a late nineteenth-century electric power generation station associated with the Greenside lead mine in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021144.
Top Power House electric power generation station and associated leat for Greenside lead mine centred 740m NNW of Hole-in-the-Wall is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021144.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greenside lead mines, ore works and smelt mill (1.7 km), Prehistoric rock art at Place Fell Cottage, 370m north east of Goldrill Bridge (4.5 km), Prehistoric rock art at Green Rigg, 310m north east of Goldrill bridge (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Top Power House electric power generation station and associated leat for Greenside lead mine centred 740m NNW of Hole-in-the-Wall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Top Power House electric power generation station and associated leat for Greenside lead mine centred 740m NNW of Hole-in-the-Wall stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.