Album Cumbria from tarboat

Workington Brewery

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:04:44 +0000

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The Workington Brewery company was founded by John Curwen in 1792. Brewing ended here in 1988 at which time it was in the ownership of Scottish & Newcastle. The mid-19th century Workington Brewery (also known as the Ladies' Walk Brewery) has survived after conversion to apartments. It is listed Grade II.

Old Town Hall

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:51:28 +0000

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The former Town Hall in the Market Square, Millom, was commissioned in 1878 by the Millom Local Board and Urban Sanitary Authority, with a budget of £3,500, to accommodate a boardroom and a market hall. The building was designed in the Tudor Revival style, built in limestone with sandstone dressings and was completed in 1879. The clock tower was substantially reduced in height in the 1950s, with both the third stage of the tower and the hexagonal section removed due to structural issues. In 2001 the successor authority. Copeland District Council, sold the building and it became a bar and restaurant trading as 'The Clock Tower' although this closed at then of 2025. Restoration of the clock was undertaken in 2016 under the direction of the Millom Clock Trust.

To Corkickle

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:10:46 +0000

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156 414 departs St Bees with a service to Corkickle. The line is currently severed at Corkickle tunnel due to collapse of mineworkings under the line in the tunnel.

Pots

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:39:59 +0000

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A matching set of chimneypots at the junction of Scotch Street and Lowther Street in Whitehaven.

Fortress

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:47:01 +0000

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The Salvation Army Hall on Nelson Street in Millom dates from 1889. It appears to have closed as a church in early 2025 and since then Millom Town Council has considered and rejected purchasing the building as a youth hub. West Cumbria seems to be a stronghold of the pebbledash tradition.

Technical Terracotta

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:03:18 +0000

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The former Technical School on Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness was built 1900-1903 for Barrow Corporation to the design of Woodhouse and Willoughby. The building contractor was W Gradwell and Co. It is listed Grade II.

46441

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:26:01 +0000

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Called at Haverthwaite whilst on the way to Barrow and found 46441 ready to depart with an early afternoon train to Lakeside. This line likes to paint its locos in maroon but I think that many of them looked better in black.

Winding Enginehouse

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:33:33 +0000

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The Florence ironstone mine near Egremont continued in use until 2008. It was the last working deep iron ore mine left in Western Europe and produced ore, products for the cosmetics industry and high quality haematite for jewellery. Production ended when BNFL ended the contract for the mine to supply water and the cost of pumping rendered the mine uneconomic.

Hardendale kilns

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:03:02 +0000

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Four Maerz PFR (parallel flow regenerative shaft kiln) limekilns at the Tata Steel operated Hardendale Quarry at Shap. A Maerz kiln can process up to 800 tons of burnt lime per day.

These kilns are currently mothballed whilst the Port Talbot steelworks is remodelled with electric arc melting technology.

Shap Beck

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:43:38 +0000

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The Shap Beck Quarry received a new plant in 1999 and since 2009 supplies around 650,000 tonnes of crushed kiln feed limestone from Shap Beck to Shap Fell processing plant nearby (Tata steel) and used in the large scale production of lime for steelmaking. The quarry also supplies around 300,000 to local and regional markets and has an on-site plant for making asphalt for road surfacing. There are 21 people employed directly and the quarry supports a further 30 jobs for drivers and contractors. The site extends to 118 hectares and is now operated by Heidelberg Materials

Haig Pit

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 06:49:43 +0000

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Haig Pit at Whitehaven was sunk in 1914 and closed in 1986. The surviving buildings at the pithead were incorporated into a mining museum but this closed in 2016.

Winding drum

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:30:31 +0000

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Robey winder at the Florence ironstone mine at Egremont in Cumbria.

Plastics

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:32:45 +0000

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This plastics manufacturing plant at Siddick was opened by Eastman Kodak in the early 1980s and was later acquired by Indorama Ventures PCL. It produced around 160,000 tonnes pa of PET granules. mainly used in the forming of plastic bottles. As Asian competition increased the plant became uneconomic and production was first halved and then stopped completely in early 2014. The site was mothballed in hope of better times until Indorama decided in 2017 that it would not reopen. Demolition was completed during 2018.

Cathy Wells

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:29:01 +0000

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Disused shop on High Street in the centre of the Cumbrian vilage of Cleator Moor.

Indoor shipbuilding

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:09:33 +0000

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BAE Systems Submarines' 25,000m² Devonshire Dock Hall indoor shipbuilding complex. This is the largest of its kind in Europe. This was used to construct the Astute-class submarine and is currently being used for the build of four Dreadnought-class submarines.

Ewe Close

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:14:36 +0000

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The Ewe Close limekiln sits well away from footpaths in the limestone uplands near Crosby Ravensworth. The quarry that provided the stone to feed the kiln can be seen at right centre.

The Best Ale in Cumberland

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:15:18 +0000

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Ghost sign advertising Jennings' beers at the rear of a former pub in Cockermouth.

Harbour bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:13:17 +0000

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Ellenfoot Bridge across the middle of Maryport Harbour. It was completed in 2007 using a number of grants including a significant sum from the EU.

Slate saw

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:43:07 +0000

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Slate saw at the Skelwith Bridge sawmill, dressing sheds and show area for the Kirkstone Quarry.

Kirkstone Quarries was established as an unincorporated business in 1949 to undertake the quarrying of stone at Kirkstone Quarry, in Ambleside. It was incorporated in 1955 as Kirkstone Green Slate Quarries and changed its name to Kirkstone Quarries in 1991. In 1998, it received planning permission to quarry at Brathay Quarry, Ambleside, and also imported stone from around the world.

The business went into severe financial decline during 2011 and was liquidated in 2012 with the loss of 39 jobs. Kirkstone Quarry was acquired by Burlington Slate Ltd which extracts stone there when required but has abandoned the process buildings on the site.

Alpha

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 06:58:46 +0000

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ALPHA (Hudswell Clarke 1172), which was restored at Statfold Barn, runs round a train outside the loco shed at Threlkeld Quarry.