tarboat's photos

Kriegslok 33-248 shunting the loading bunkers at the Dubrave coal mine in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Once loaded the coal will be taken to the interchange with the national railways several kilometres away from whence the coal will be taken to Tuzla.

One of two stone beasts guarding the frontage of S Hugh's Chambers on Corporation Street in Lincoln. The building dates from 1899 and the limestone has suffered somewhat from the weather and bird droppings. I do love this sort of architectural detail which is sadly lacking on most modern buildings.

Under a pale winter sun a SY class locomotive pushes the spoil tippers back from Xinghua mine to the tip on the Jixi coal railway. It was very cold.

A typical small Chinese drift coal mine on the left with the Xinghua deep mine in the background. The big mine is served by a branch of the Jixi Coal Railway running from Zhengyang.

Just in case we didn't know what it was for. A nice detail seen on High Street, Lincoln.

SY 1727 shunts a wagon of coal in the environs of the new blast furnace at Baotou steelworks whilst a couple of ladles await their next duties.

The foundry of W Visick and Sons Ltd was at the Bassett Works in Devoran, near Truro, which was closed down in 1986. This example of a cast water channel is in the pavement of Castle Street in Truro. Thanks to Torfaen Corvine on Flickr for the historical information.

The newest furnace at the Baotou steelworks was blown in during November 2006. SY 1727 is here working towards the furnace wagons fore and aft. The steam locomotives here were finally displaced by diesels in January 2009.

Stone decoration above the door on S. Hugh's Chambers on Corporation Street in Lincoln. The netting seems to be losing the battle with the pigeons judging by the mess on the walls.

05.31am and the southbound Highland Sleeper sees a crew change whilst it is stopped at Crewe Station.

A small convoy from Manchester to Ellesmere Port is passing the Stanlow oil refinery. Narrowboat Victoria leads the way with Short Boat Severn close behind and then some way behind comes tanker narrowboat Spey. An easy short day's boating compared with the long haul via Middlewich and Chester.

This roofless building with a curved frontage is built against the face of a small limestone quarry in the parish of Tissington, not far from Ashbourne, Derbyshire. To the right are the remains of an earthen limekiln. There is no definitive account of its purpose but my interpretation is that it was erected after the quarrying ended and was used as a field barn, taking advantage of the two levels that made it easy to place feedstuffs in the top storey.

Gasholder at Inverness seen from a passing train. This looks to be a fairly modern design of telescopic holder.

Decorative work on the front of S. Hugh's Chambers, Corporation St, Lincoln. The building dates from 1899

Built for the Bee Hive Spinning Co Ltd which was constituted in 1895. The No.1 Mill was built in 1895 and the No.2 Mill followed in 1902. In 1925 the complex boasted 262,000 mule spindles. The mills closed for cotton spinning in 1967 and subsequently became used for mail order warehousing and distribution. The No.1 mill was burned down in an arson atack in August 2019 and although both mills were listed Grade II they were rapidly demolished to make way for a housing development

Narrowboat and short boat side by side under the Warburton toll bridge on the Manchester Ship Canal.

Action in the yard at Foxfield Colliery with 47406 masquerading as 47629 and Florence No.2 at the rear.

The last train from the British Industrial Sand Moneystone quarry at Oakamoor on the Churnet Valley line. The sand went to St Helens for the glassmaking industry. 30th August, 1988.