From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Record of measurements between telegraph poles on the Shardlow straight from Derby to Shardlow.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 113\2\ scan0032 | |
| Date | 28th May 1937 | |
| X1725 RECORD OF TELEGRAPH POLES ON SHARDLOW STRAIGHT FROM DERBY TO SHARDLOW, STARTING AT THE FIRST SUPPORTED POST ROUND THE CORNER. 71 4/1428 35.7 28.5.37 ‡ 178 183 182 157 188 189 172 ‡ 157 180 177 ‡ 193 ‡ 192 Distance 699 yd or 2097 ft Total - 716 - yds. 194 150 180 Shardlow | ||