tarboat's photos

Quarry conveyors and processing plant at the Omya Dowlow Quarry.

What's going on in there ................ ?

United Marine Aggregates is a joint venture between Hanson and Tarmac and it is one of the largest suppliers of marine sand and gravel in the UK, and currently operates a fleet of four dredgers in licensed areas of the North Sea, English Channel and Bristol Channel and North West. The Shoreham site receives marine dredged aggregate from ships owned by UMA and Hanson Aggregates Marine. Its main purpose being to wash, screen and grade the incoming material before distribution.

Brand new lift bridge on the Montgomery Canal.

The dyeworks of Massie and Holland (later M Massie & Sons Ltd) is no longer working. The chimney was built in 1947 and was the last proper brick factory chimney in use in Macclesfield. No doubt this relic will soon be gone.

Dusk falls on the chimney at the Nutbourne Brickworks near Hambledon in Surrey. The works has been disused for several years and was formerly operated by Redland.

Somebody does not like the idea of canal restoration on their land! Arun Navigation near Wisborough Green, West Sussex. Shows an interesting mindset. I wonder if they were expecting a sudden arrival of a large band of navvies with shovels and wheelbarrows. 'We're going to restore the navigation'!!!!!!

Llynclys Quarry is located 3.5 miles south-west of Oswestry. The quarry is owned and operated by Lafarge Aggregates Ltd and works Lower Carboniferous limestone which is crushed to produce roadstone. Some of the limestone is also rich in magnesium and is used as an agricultural magnesian lime for spreading on pasture fields.

HE3791 charging up the bank towards Wittersham Road on the Kent and East Sussex Light Railway.

An interesting mixture of old and new. Nelstrop's Flour Mill at Stockport continues to flourish.

764-421 with train loading timber at Botizu on the Viseu de Sus forestry line in Northern Romania. The railway featured this week on the Michael Palin televison series about Europe.

Big Mill at Leek was part of the Wardle & Davenport Belle Vue Mills complex. It was built in 1857 and now stands empty.

Outram's Marple Aqueduct is difficult to view from the sides of the Goyt valley as the trees are thick.

Two boats from the maintenance fleet used on the Ashton, Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals. Joel and Maria, both beautifully restored are seen here at Marple.

Washed and graded sand at Dingle Bank Quarry, Chelford, Cheshire.

Tarmac Quarry at Caldon Low from Waterfall

Classic funfair truck and ride.

Just in case they fly off at the top of a swing and disappear over the town.