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Old 9th Jul 2021, 7:55 pm   #1
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Default Old Ferranti electric meter spotted under a tree near Belper

Good evening,
I went on a longish walk today from home and followed the river Derwent northwards out of Belper. On passing some derelict industrial units out of the town I spotted this old Ferranti electric meter lurking under a tree. It must have been lurking under there quite a while as the box was full of rainwater (no help someone had smashed the glass) and the aluminium disk was seized. It was still attached to a sizable chunk of switchboard slate about 1" thick. I decided to take a couple of pictures of it and put it back under its tree to "mature"!! It's too heavy to carry it back home 4-5 miles especially with the big chunk of slate screwed to the back!! (unless anyone would like it for a restoration challenge!! I could take a rucksack though the local walkers would think I had completely lost it!!)

Christopher Capener
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