tarboat's photos
St John's Church, Adlington
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Originally known as the Adlington Mission Church, St John's church on Brookledge Lane, Adlington, Cheshire is also known as the tin tabernacle. It was built in 1892 at a cost of £150 with the kit probably supplied by Francis Norton & Co., Liverpool. The walls are corrugated iron, lined with pitch pine. The vestry came as an optional extra and has since been extended.
The church originally had a small spire which housed a single bell. At a later date the spire was dismantled and the bell was moved to its current turret above the porch.
St John's Church, Adlington
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Originally known as the Adlington Mission Church, St John's church on Brookledge Lane, Adlington, Cheshire is also known as the tin tabernacle. It was built in 1892 at a cost of £150 with the kit probably supplied by Francis Norton & Co., Liverpool. The walls are corrugated iron, lined with pitch pine. The vestry came as an optional extra and has since been extended.
The church originally had a small spire which housed a single bell. At a later date the spire was dismantled and the bell was moved to its current turret above the porch.
Conveyor heaven
Lesson learned
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Don't attempt to take photographs of moving buses with a camera that isn't up to the job.
Tiger Cub KDB688 heads out of Charles Street depot on its way to a school contract run. The 'A' suffix to the fleet number indicated conversion to one man operation.
Late afternoon for Jitong steam
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In late afternoon sunlight a pair of QJs head a freight out of Chabuga towards Daban on the Jitong Railway. It was also late afternoon for steam on this line and by the end of 2005 it was all over.
Timetable 2
Romney Hut
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Romney Hut at Hoyland. Spotted from the car whilst heading for Elsecar Engine.
The Romney Hut, introduced at the end of 1941, was essentially an enlarged and improved version of the original Nissen Bow Hut. The semicircular shape was retained, but with a stronger frame: two inch-thick tubular steel ribs replaced the T shaped originals and the wooden purlins were discarded in favour of one and a half inch angle iron. The Romney Hut measured 96 feet by 35 feet (The Bow Hut was 27 by 16) and saw service in the North Africa desert campaigns.
Another colliery drift
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Entrance to an extensive colliery working that was developed along this particular drift in the early 1940s. More ochrey fun for the adventurous.
Power from the air
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One of China's many coal fired power stations seen from the air on a flight to northern China. I have no idea where it is apart from it might be in Liaoning Province.
Night work at the Zenica colliery
History already
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Today I read the sad news from China that diesels had started work in the section of the Sandaoling Coal Railway between the CNR exchange yard at Liushuquan to Nanzhan. December 2009 saw this JS class locomotive with the morning empties and the Tian Shan range as backdrop.
Beipiao limekilns
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If you want to see good old-style running kilns then China is the place to be. Many areas there still operate the stone faced kilns seen long-disused across Britain. Having said that, this bank just outside Beipiao is particularly large, comprising eleven kilns in all. These kilns seem to be operated on a seasonal basis, being shut down overwinter.
A source of limestone can be seen top left.
Best viewed original size .
S160 in action
A view from my window
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There aren't many hotels where you get a view as good as this. Looking from my room in the hotel at Wernigerode I could see the yard of the Harzquerbahn locomotive shed.