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Title
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Rene Dawson Collection
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Title
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Dawson City, Heptonstall C1905 - RDA00113
Subject
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Dawson City, Heptonstall, Places, Whitehill Nook
Description
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Dawson City was a hutted encampment which housed up to 600 navvies and engineers employed in the construction of the Walshaw Dean Reservoirs and the Hardcastle Crags Railway. It was situated at White Hill Nook, Heptonstall. The contractor for the works was Enoch Tempest, of Marple, Cheshire.
Named after the gold rush town in Alaska, the compound contained huts for living accommodation, a hospital, a mission house, and a lending library.
The shanty town and the railway were sold by auction on 22nd May 1912.
Publisher
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Contributor
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Rene Dawson
Rights
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PHDA - Rene Dawson Collection
Relation
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Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Format
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TIFF file 8-bit
Language
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English (U.K.)
Type
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Documentary photograph
Identifier
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RDA00113.tif
Source
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Rene Dawson
Dawson City
Heptonstall
Places
Whitehill Nook