The Torrs Quiz

(Auch hier, auf Deutsch)

Stand on the viewing platform outside the Centre.

1. What is the name of the river you can see below ?

(a) River Sett
(b) River Mersey
(c) River Goyt

2. What is the name of the Mill you can see below ?

(a) Torr Top Mill
(b) Torr Vale Mill
(c) Rock Mill

Walk down the path, at the bottom turn left and pass under Union Road viaduct. Stand in the middle of the low level footbridge and look up to the viaduct.

3 (i). What were the holes under the arches built for ?

(a) Pigeons to nest in
(b) Bungee jumping
(c) Sockets for scaffolding used in construction

3 (ii). When was the viaduct completed ?

(a) 1884
(b) 1784
(c) 1984

Cross over the wooden bridge (Millward Memorial Bridge) and look back it.

4 (i). Who was Millward ?

(a) An M.P.
(b) A doctor and town councillor
(c) A benefactor

4 (ii). What event was this bridge built to commemorate ?

(a) 100 years since Union Road Bridge was built
(b) Queen Victoria's jubilee
(c) The year someone fell into the river

Continue along the path. After passing under the two-tier Church Road Bridge, look back at the arches and look for evidence for the year that the bridge was repaired.

5. What year was the bridge repaired?

(a) 1888
(b) 1988
(c) 1688

Continue along the path until reaching a low arch with a black metal structure.

6. What was this metal structure used for ?

(a) To dam the river
(b) To keep beavers out
(c) To control the water supply to a mill

From this viewpoint look across the valley to the big viaduct bridge with many arches.

7. What is this viaduct used for ?

(a) A canal
(b) A road
(c) A railway

Retrace your steps, cross the Millward Memorial Bridge, and bear right. Look up to the rocks to a plaque with the letters SVT on.

8. What do the letters SVT stand for ?

(a) Sett Valley Torrs
(b) Sett Valley Trail
(c) Sett Valley Today

Continue to the viaduct crossing the river.

9. This viaduct carries the railway from New Mills to Sheffield. What is the next station open on the line towards Sheffield ?

(a) Buxton
(b) Chinley
(c) Bugsworth

Continue along the path by the river, climb the steps at the end and stand in front of a tunnel entrance.

10. What was this tunnel used for ?

(a)Entrance to a coal mine
(a) A railway under the town
(c) Storage for raw cotton

Walk under Hyde Road Bridge, and continue past the Health Centre to a filled-in arch at the far end.

11. Why is the left-hand side of the arch black ?

(a) Chimney sweep boys used it to practise climbing
(b) Smoke from steam train locomotives.
(c) Global warming

Walk along Hyde Bank Road to Hyde Bank Mill.

12. What is the alternative name for this mill ?

(a) Beard Mill
(b) New Mill
(c) Sett Mill

Continue along the road to New Mills Bridge near Woodside Garage.

13. This bridge has two arches. One arch is over the river. What was the other arch used for ?

(a) Canoeing
(b) Path for ducks
(c) To carry a watercourse from a cotton mill, now Woodside Garage

Walk past the row of cottages on Dyehouse Lane.

14. What was the last cottage in the row originally used for before it became a residence ?

(a) A pub
(b) A gaol
(c) A school

Return to the bottom of High Street.

15. Note the grey box opposite the shop. What was it used for ?

(a) Gas
(b) Electricity
(c) Water supply

Walk up High Street.

16. No 24 High Street was formerly a pub. There is evidence for its name. What was its name ?

(a) Dog and Partridge
(b) Fox and Hounds
(c) The Bird in Hand

17. Further up High Street on the left is a range of cottages. When were they built ?

(a) 1908
(b) 1708
(c) 1808

18. At the end of High Street on the right is a notice saying 'New Mills UDC. Unfit for drinking'. What does UDC stand for ?

(a) Urban District committee
(b) Upper District Council
(c) Urban District Council

Continue along Market Street to the top of Union Road

19. W and J M Barton shop. What was this building originally built for ?

(a) A bank
(b) A post office
(c) A police station

20. Jubilee Buildings (Barclays Bank). Whose Jubilee was it in 1887 ?

(a) Edward VII
(b) Henry VIII
(c) Queen Victoria

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