tarboat's photos

The very best in north-east Welsh brick is on show in this polychromatic housing on Ffridoed Road, Bangor.

Looking along the remains of the top mill at Rhiwbach slate quarry. In the background are the boiler and enginehouse and the course of the incline that lifted the finished slates up to the Rhiwbach tramway which carried them down to the Ffestiniog railway for onward transport to Porthmadog.

SY 0819 hurries into the Gongsi yard of the line operated by The Baiyin Non-ferrous Metal (Group) Co., Ltd. Below the smoke in the background can be seen the bottom of the shot tower at the lead smelter.

Standard class 4 No.75014, renumbered to Stoke vased 75035, gets away from Consall Station and is about to pass the black Lion pub on the Churnet Valley Railway.30742 charters event.

Spigot mortar base at Windy Knoll overlooking the roads into Castleton in the Peak National Park. Mam Tor forms the background with Mam Nick on the left side. Presumably this was part of some form of defensive line in this area between Machester and Sheffield.

The excursion ship Balmoral was built at Southampton by John I Thornycroft & Company for the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Limited, more normally known as the Red Funnel line. It operated as a ferry to the Isle of Wight until dedicated car ferries were introduced and then mainly on excursion cruises work. In 1968 the vessel was purchased by P & A Campbell and moved to the Bristol Channel until the company closed its sailings in 1980. Subsequently the ship was purchased for a failed restaurant project at Dundee and then passed to Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd for operations around the Bristol Channel. In 2015, ownership of MV Balmoral was transferred to a new registered charity MV Balmoral Fund Limited, and she is now operated by their subsidiary, White Funnel Ltd. The ship has not operated since the end of 2017 and has seen major repair work and it is hoped to be back in service soon. Here she is seen lying alongside the quay in Bristol Harbour.

Wharf on the Manchester Ship Canal serving the Stanlow oil refinery at Ellesmere Port.

Glazed tiles on the frontage of a shop on Upper Inkerman Street in Llanelli. Sadly these have now been painted over.

Carr's Flour Mill, Maldon. The Carr business was founded by Jonathan Dodgson Carr in the 1830s and has two other mills at Silloth and Kirkcaldy. Since 2016 it has been owned by Whitworth Holdings. This mill was built in 1896 as a roller mill for Samuel Garrett. It later belonged to William Green and Sons, then Green Bros, and subsequently Carr's.

19B 1412 climbing the 190 metres rise to Michell's Pass in the gorge section between Ceres and Wolseley on the line to Prince Alfred Hamlet.

Action at the balloon loop on the Statfold Barn Railway with Isibutu, Bagnall 4-4-0T (2820 of 1945) built for Tongaat Sugar in Natal.

Chemical tanker BRO DEVELOPER unloading in Roath Dock, Cardiff. The Danish registered ship is owned by Maersk Tankers. It was built in China in 2007 and has a gross tonnage of 11344.

Tower on the Trencherfield Mill in Wigan which was built in 1907 as a cotton spinning mill with 96, 468 spindles for William Woods & Sons Ltd. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. Textile processing ended in 1968 and the mill has multiple uses including apartments and offices. The heritage section, including the original steam engine, was closed down in 2019.

Hoben International is owned by Goodwin PLC and is the UK’s largest processor of ground silica flours. These silos are at their Brassington site adjacent to the former Cromford and High peak Railway opposite Harboro Rocks. Silica flours are used in a wide cross-section of applications inducing refractory products, construction products, drilling muds, glass fibre manufacture and many more applications. Products and Services within the Hoben International portfolio include silica flours, fire mortars, specialist blends concrete and grouts, non-ferrous foundry moulding plasters.

The Humberside Offshore Training Association (HOTA) operates from premises close to the entrance lock at the east end of Albert Dock in Hull. It was established in 1987 and as a Limited Company with Charity Status. HOTA provides Internationally Approved and Certified Training and an extensive portfolio of bespoke courses for the Renewables, Offshore, Maritime and Onshore Sectors. The tower to the right is for working at height training. In the background is the lifeboat experience with No.4 missing in action.

Bagnall 3023 of 1952 at the head of two Darjeeling type coaches during the Statfold Barn Railway spring event.

2006 built Hunslet "Jack Lane" leads "Sybil Mary" along the straight at the Statfold Barn Railway spring gala. The event was blessed by continuous sunshine which isn't bad for early March.

Part of the Lostock chemical works captured in the waters of the Trent & Mersey Canal.