tarboat's photos

Bringing timber down the Wassertalbahn at Suliguli. This train would collect further loads at a number of logging camps as it descended towards Viseu-de-Sus

Towers and domes at the corner of this bank in Gloucester reflect the status of the financial industry when it was built.

Stamford House in Altrincham, with offices over shops, was built in 1904-5, by Charles Heathcote & Sons, for J.H.Brown Esq. a developer who lived in Ashley. It incorporates a lot of buff terracotta ornamentation. There are two staircase towers on the Moss Lane face, each topped with a small dome. Formerly known as Station Buildings this Grade II listed building was refurbished in 2014 to provide commercial accommodation and contemporary apartments.

Ghost sign in white glazed brick at the former premises of Godfrey William Bonson (1858-1932), cabinet maker and upholsterer, removal and storage contractor, Moss Lane, Altrincham. The business also offered mechanical carpet beating services.

The Drypool bridge over the River Hull is a Scherzer lifting bridge and was designed by W. Morris, the Hull City Engineer. It was fabricated in Hull, being completed in March 1961. In the background the Shotwell building is a shot tower, making lead shot for shotgun cartridges. The building just creeping into the frame on the right the Clarence Flour Mill which was a rebuild in 1952 of a blitzed structure. Sadly it was being demolished at the time I took this photograph.

Kerr Stuart 0-4-2 2383 of 1914 climbs a zig-zag above Wallah Gorge on the Burmah Mines Railway. The hopper wagons are for carrying ore from the mines at at the top of the line at Bawdwin. Sanding the rails is all manual.

The new smelter at Namtu was constructed after the Second World War during which the old smelter was destroyed. It processed lead, silver, zinc and copper from the Bawdwin mines but has been out of use for some time. These pots were used for smelting zinc. It was suggested that the smelter would reopen in 2012 but I have not heard anything of this since my visit.

Sunset towards the Barrier Highway bridge over the railway at Cockburn, west of Broken Hill.

The North Mine at Broken Hill contains 3.7 million tonnes of ore at 11.3 per cent zinc, 13.5 per cent lead and 219 g/t silver making it one of the highest grade deposits in the world. In September 2008 it has placed on care and maintenance but was reopened in 2018. This is the No. 3 shaft,which was commenced in 1948 and was commissioned in 1962. The depth of this shaft is 1,600 metres. The adjacent concentration mill became operational in 1939. View from a passing train.

A freight train climbs across a viaduct towards Asmara at a location west of Arbaroba on the Eritrea Railway.

Swan House on Trinity Street in Boston was built by F. S. Anderson & Co in 1877 to replace their previous factory that burned down. It was used to process goose feathers which were used for stuffing pillows. Later known as known more recently as Fogarty's feather factory the business continued here until the mid 20th century. The building is now apartments.

This mosaic in the Emery Lane doorway is a reminder of menswear specialists J D Haines in Boston, Lincs. J D Haines took over the tailoring, men's and boys' ready-made clothing, and gentlemen's outfitting business from Walter Smith in 1892. The last reference I can find is for 1984 and the shop must have closed soon after.

Welcome to Mablethorpe. The epitome of the British seaside resort and civic pride in this East Lincolnshire town. On following the signs to the public toilets I found they were locked up for the forseeable future (ever) with the next ones twenty minutes away.

66 144 arrives at Boston Station with the empty steel hoods from Wolverhampton Steel Terminal. This train collects steel coil from Boston Docks as required. It will then back down into the docks branch having blocked the main road crossing for some time.

Good views from the corner of the Red Lion in Skegness.

The facade of the Mercers Hall in London dates from 1670 to the design of Sir Christopher Wren. In 1882 it was shipped to Swanage in Dorset where it was re-erected on the Town Hall.

This Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) was on territory on one of the ditches at Gibraltar Point NNR in Lincolnshire.

Tipping spoil from driving roadways at a small coal mine in the Nanpiao region of north-east China.