The Settle to Carlisle railway is a unique stretch of the British rail network, travelling across the North Pennines, it is hailed as one
of the most beautiful railway journeys in the world.
The line goes through the Pennines, an area very isolated and open to extreme weather conditions in winter. During the construction of the
line, the workers built a series of shed to protect themselves from these conditions, have a sheltered rest and store material.
These huts were built at the same time as the line, each one individual in style and construction.
Although most of the landmarks and features of the route are mapped out in the many guidebooks (brandished by the walkers and summer
tourists), these insignificant markers of history have slipped through the net, not marked on any maps and un-recorded and un-claimed.
In bureaucratic terms, they do not exist.
The project documented the transplantation of one of the 47 huts to its short term resting place in front of the famous Macintosh school
of art in summer 2000.
Supported by: LOTY fundation
Pictures by Harald Melrose Turek