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Maldon East and Heybridge railway station served the town of Maldon and village of Heybridge in Essex, England. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon. Originally named Maldon but itwas renamed Maldon East in 1889 and then Maldon East and Heybridge in 1907. This terminus station was located at the end of two branch lines from Witham and Woodham Ferrers. A plan dated 1920 shows that the station had a goods shed and a two-road engine shed. A turntable was situated adjacent to the station building and there were sidings that served the Blackwater Canal and the river wharf. The line and the station closed to passenger services in 1964. The station building has survived and was, for many years, a restaurant. By 2013, it was largely surrounded by an industrial estate, although its impressive frontage can still be viewed from Station Road.

The sun is beginning to set as a train of empty coal wagons heads for the hills and the mines that lie beyond on the Huanan Coal Railway.

This mill was erected in 1833 with an early 20th century extension which was electric powered from new. The original spinning mill was powered by a twin beam engine with one line shaft driving each of 2 rows of spinning throstles on the wide spinning floors.

EMU 507 001 arrives at Hooton with a train for Chester. These units were coming to the end of their service lives and being replaced with new stock on the Merseyrail system.

Draw tunnel for two of the four very large draw kilns at the Cowdale limeworks near Buxton. The concrete buttresses were added in late 1931 due to the kiln face falling forward. The Quarry was opened by the New Buxton Lime Co c1901. The company was taken over by the Buxton Lime Firms in 1908 and eventually became part of the ICI empire which closed both quarry and works closed in 1956.

Llandudno Pier was designed by Sir James William Brunlees and Alexander McKerrow. Taking 2 years to construct, between 1876 and 1878. The Pier is known for its splendid Victorian and Edwardian elegance, with its kiosks designed by architects Charles Henry Driver and Charles H. Rew. The total length is 2295ft, of which the main Pier is 1234ft. In 1969 the pier end berthing area was rebuilt in concrete and steel, enabling the largest Isle of Man steamboats to dock and by 1972 the pier was well known for day trips to the Isle of Man. Sailings ceased between 2005 and 2015 due to deterioration of the landing area, but have now resumed with visits from the Waverley paddle steamer after extensive renovations. The pier is privately owned and costs around £250,000 a year in maintenance, in addition to storm damage costs. It is listed Grade II*.

The Great Orme Tramway is Britain’s only funicular, or cable-hauled, tramway that travels on public roads. The one mile line, which runs in two sections, opened in 1902. The equipment was supplied by aerial ropeway specialists R White & Son of Widnes.

Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 27 ('A' Class) locomotive 52322 is just outside Bolton Abbey on the Yorkshire Dales Railway with a permanent way train on a very wet day.

Splendid patina on this boatyard building at Barton-on-Humber.

The Cemex Manchester Concrete Plant is located in Salford. It supplies both Screed and Readymix Concrete to builders and businesses in the Manchester and wider Greater Manchester region. There is also an asphalt plant on the site. Stone can be delivered by train into the building across the rails.

SY 0951 on the approaches to Lishu after loading the wagons at the nearby Taiping Mine on the surviving stub of the branch that once ran to Qikeng Mine.

This blast furnace was built for the Earl of Moira in 1804 to smelt iron using locally available iron ore and coal coverted to coke. The site is adjacent to the Ashby Canal for transport of finished products. Whilst brought into blast in 1806 and operated intermittently until 1811 the furnace was not a success and was abandoned with a charge still partly smelted inside. The adjacent foundry continued until 1844 using imported iron and was demolished in the later 19th century. The bridgehouse and the blowing engine house, which was a separate building to the side of the furnace, were converted to dwellings and survived. By the 1970s they had become derelict and affected by mining subsidence and the engine house was demolished. The furnace and bridgehouse were saved after pressure from historian Philip Riden and Leicestershire Industrial History Society. The site is now scheduled as an ancient monument and the site and museum within the buildings are operated by the Moira Furnace Museum Trust.

This 1930s art deco garage stands adjacent to a five-way roundabout in Woodville, Leicestershire. The structure showing to the left of the facia is the top of an old pottery kiln.

The limestone quarry at Meal Bank in Ingleton was taken over by John Clark and Michael Wilson in 1864. In 1868 work commenced building a Hoffmann kiln at Meal Bank and the works were operated under the name of the Ingleborough Patent Lime Works. The original kiln measured 47.6m east to west by 24m north to south and had 14 brick lined entrances. A railway connection was established in 1892 and the kiln was extended eastward in 1893 to give a final length of 70m and a total of 18 entrances. Closure came in 1909 during a period of depressed markets for lime. The site is now scheduled as an ancient monument.

On the first floor of the Lowther Hotel in Goole was used as a boardroom by the Aire & Calder Navigation Committee when in town. The walls are decorated by wall paintings showing various views of the Goole docks. These were largely hidden behind wallpaper until revealed a few years ago. The paintings seem to date from before 1835 and it is suggested that they were created by a Mr Bromley in 1834. The Bromley family were ship owners and chandlers and there are several possible artists in the family. James Bromley, who was a packet boat proprietor in 1841 is the most likely. By 1851 had moved to London where he was the manager of a diorama in St Marylebone. This suggests involvement in art and landscapes, but the definite identity of the artist remains unproven.

The origins of the Timm business was in 1854 when Edward Timm rented a five sail windmill and three storey steam mill on Boothferry Road, Goole. This led to the foundation of E Timm & Son Ltd, flour millers. Timm Grain Ltd closed the mill with the loss of 72 jobs in April 2001. These silos on Goole Docks remained in use for a number of years but the site was cleared in early 2019.

1988 built QJ 7204 shuffles down the yard at Xinan Colliery towards the loading bunkers. By January 2006 this locomotive was relegated to standby and shunting as the line service had already been taken over by diesels. This big beast was one of the last of this class of locomotive built but had little time left and as far as I know this was the last time it was recorded in steam. It was seen dumped a few months later.

Pillbox on Finnygook beach at Portwrinkle.