This geocache takes you to a location along the route of the old railway line that ran through Swadlincote.
Posts opposite Belmont school are markers of the railway that once ran here (behind the school). The railway line served “Owd Shoddy” pit. The pit was developed in 1880 to mine coal seams associated with the South Derbyshire Coalfield. It was known by locals as Shoddy Pit because of its poor condition in comparison to others in the district. The mine continued to produce coal until 1897 when the mining rights were sold to Wragg's sanitary pipe making firm.
The railway would transport pipes and bring in materials so a siding and level crossing was added which led to Wragg’s pipework’s. In 1901 the railway was extended behind Coppice side. In 1906 and the pipes business was bought out by the Granville Colliery Company.
Tweezers and pencil required