tarboat's photos with the keyword: pipes

Pipe bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal opposite the Brunner Mond/Tata Chemicals works at Lostock Gralam. At the time the works was producing soda ash, sodium bicarbonate, calcium chloride and associated alkaline chemicals. The pipelines are controlled by INEOS Inovyn who operate the nearby Holford brinefield.

The ArcelorMittal Steelworks at Differdange produces beams, bars and heavy sections. The works has a worldwide reputation for wide flange beams.

Another view from the carrying contract with Short Boats Wye, owned by Apollo Canal Carriers, and Derek Bent's Weaver. Preparing to start unloading some of the pipes, with a very young Tarboat himself adjusting the mooring lines. August 1973.

Unloading underway as one of the massive concrete pipes is lifted from Derek Bent's Short Boat Weaver somewhere near Shipley. The other boat is Wye, owned by Apollo Canal Carriers, which had already unloaded. August 1973

Extracting the heat from the wort for re-use in the next mash. These heat exchangers at Robinson's Brewery in Stockport are due to be replaced by a state of the art energy saving system in the current modernisation of the brewhouse with equipment supplied by German company Krones AG.

Stanton Ironworks was founded in 1787 and had just been closed down by Saint Gobain when I took this photo in 2007. The high quality pipes were the speciality of this works but in spite of operating very efficiently, productuion has been transferred to Germany. This plant has now been demolished.

Pipework and reeds at the rear of the Boots manufacturing plant at Beeston, Nottingham. Viewed across the Beeston and Nottingham Canal.

In China most villages seem to have their own brickworks to supply local demand. In this area between Daban and Chifeng in the Mongolian Autonomous Region was the valley of the brickworks with many kilns making pipes, tiles and bricks. The straw covering is essential to protect the green pipes from night time frosts.

Ways out at Pioneer Mills, Radcliffe.