tarboat's photos
Tattoo
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A great sunny day out to the Apedale winter gala. Kerr Stuart 2395/1917 Tattoo in action on its way back up the bank. This is a lovely friendly railway which had four locos in steam along with a range of i/c locomotives in action yesterday.
Lockers
Miners' Memorial
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National Union of Mineworkers Memorial to those who lost their lives supporting the Union. This sculpture by Graham Ibbeson is situated outside the Union offices building on Victoria Road, Barnsley and was unveiled in July 1993. The Union still maintains an office in the Huddersfield Road side of the block.
Power Station Peat
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Trainloads of peat in the arrival sidings at the Edenderry power station in County Offaly.
Oddfellows Hall
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Disused Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Lodge Hall on Bridge Street in Boston. The building has fallen on hard times but the terracotta facia still stands out along with the memorial on the wall to the members killed in World War 1.
Wainfleet tower
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Wainfleet all Saints clock tower in the market place was unveiled on 2 May 1899 as a memorial to Walter Martin of Wainfleet Hall who died at the age of 38 in 1896. It was built at the expense of his widow who presented it to the town. It is listed Grade II.
Kiln and cows
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This two pot limekiln at Boujang in Ayrshire was operating in the 1850s but abandoned by 1890. The shell remains in steadily deteriorating condition.
Scottish cement
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The Dunbar or Oxwellmains cement works was originally built by Blue Circle in 1963 with three kilns. It was rebuilt with a preheater tower and a single kiln which went into production in 1986. It became part of Lafarge Cement UK in 2001 and passed to Tarmac in 2013.
More details here: www.cementkilns.co.uk/cement_kiln_dunbar.html
Copper Mine
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Anglesey Mining appears to be mainly involved in iron ore mining in Canada, however the company also owns the mine at Parys Mountain on Anglesey where perhaps one day exploration for copper ore will recommence. For the time being the headgear stands without ropes.
Silos
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Grain silos at Port Pirie on the Spencer Gulf in South Australia. This Viterra owned facility can load ships at up to 800 tonnes per hour.
South Australian Sunset
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Sunset on the hills seen from the Augusta Highway at Nectar Brook between Port Augusta and Port Pirie, South Australia.
No.2 Ore Jetty
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Loading jetty for loading iron ore brought down to Whyalla from the opencast mines such as those at Iron Baron and Iron Knob. I am unsure whether this is stilll in use.
The Ghan
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NR75 sits in a siding adjacent to the loop at Wirrappa on the Ghan line to between Adelaide and Darwin. The 4,000 hp NR class are Australian diesel-electric locomotives built by A Goninan & Co for National Rail between 1996 and 1998.
House
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This corrugated iron house was built by contractors Wills & Reeve to house workers on the construction of Immingham Dock which began in 1906. This example was eventually removed to the Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum where it now houses the transport toy exhibits.
Parking
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This multi-storey car park on Burnham Way, Nottingham had seen better days in 2008. The brutalist structure has since been replaced by an office block.
Richard White & Sons
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The Widnes based firm of Richard White and Sons was well known for its railway and materials handling equipment. A particular speciality was aerial wire ropeways which found a ready market in mines and quarries across Britain.
Clarence over the rooftops
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Clarence Mill is a five-storey former cotton spinning mill in Bollington, Cheshire, built between 1834 and 1877 for the Swindells family. It was located alongside the Macclesfield Canal, which opened in 1831, in order to take advantage of the latest transport options. The building is now a mix of apartments and commercial uses and is listed Grade II.
Wheatly's
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Wheatly & Co Ltd. Springfield tileries, Trent Vale. Wheatly's was established before 1819 and was famous for its 'Triton' brand roofing tiles. In 1978 the company was taken over by Daniel Platt Ltd of Brownhills Tileries in Stoke, then in 1982 works was closed and demolished soon afterwards.
