Album Wales from tarboat

Gasholder

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:20:19 +0000

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Gasholder next to the steel mill at Port Talbot steelworks.

Dry stone

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:46:54 +0000

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This structure stands in the limestone quarry at Aberthaw. It stores the stone after it comes up from the quarry face and keeps it dry until taken along the conveyor belt to the nearby cement works.

Kronospan

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:27:09 +0000

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Kronospan has been operating at Chirk since the 1970’s. The works originally made particleboard and melamine and now also produces MDF, T&G flooring for the building trade, laminate flooring and worktops. It is the longest established manufacturer of wood-based panels, and the only laminate flooring producer in the UK.

New timber is sourced in the UK and delivered by train and there is also use of reclaimed wood material

Gas terminal

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:44:52 +0000

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This plant at Point of Ayr had a capacity to treat 8.5 million cubic metres (300 million cubic feet) per day at standard conditions of sour gas from offshore. The gas was brought ashore via a 51 centimetres (20 inches) diameter, 33 km long pipeline. The plant separates methanol (used for hydrate inhibition), water and condensate from the gas stream. The gas was sweetened with an amine solvent to remove sulphur compounds down to 3.3 ppm hydrogen sulphide and 35 ppm mercaptans. The hydrocarbon dew-point of the gas is reduced by mechanical refrigeration to a quality suitable for pipeline transportation. The treated gas was piped to Connah's Quay Power Station at 30 bar via a 27 km pipeline. Any gas surplus to the fuel requirements of the power station was further treated and delivered to the Burton Point terminal of the National Transmission System.

The site is owned by eni Liverpool Bay Operating Company Ltd, a subsidiary of eni UK Ltd. It was built near the site of a former colliery, which closed in August 1996. Approval for the site was given in February 1993, to be constructed by Hamilton Oil (of Denver, USA). BHP bought Hamilton Oil in 1991. The amount of gas to be brought onshore would be enough to provide electricity for half of Wales. Construction took place in 1994. eni bought BHP Billiton's interest in the Liverpool Bay Development in April 2014.

In 2026 the gas field is exhausted and the terminal is under demolition. The site is intended to be re-used as a terminal for carbon dioxide, piped from a number of sources (cement works in particular), which is to be injected into the strata of the Morecambe Bay gas field.

Afternoon on the Cob

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:25:31 +0000

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In an afternoon heat haze Double Fairlie ‘Merddin Emrys’ heads a Blaenau Ffestiniog train across the Cob from Porthmadog.

Rhydymwyn

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 07:06:42 +0000

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Building at the Rhydymwyn Valley Works near Mold. This large site was used for the processing of poison gas munitions during WWII. The finished shells and bombs were stored in nearby tunnels.

Copper Mine

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 07:12:56 +0000

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Anglesey Mining appears to be mainly involved in iron ore mining in Canada, however the company also owns the mine at Parys Mountain on Anglesey where perhaps one day exploration for copper ore will recommence. For the time being the headgear stands without ropes.

Beddgelert bound

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:50:23 +0000

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Small England class locomotives Palmerston and Prince amidst the majestic scenery of the Welsh Highland Railway on the long straight after Rhyd Ddu station. These locomotives were built by George England and Co in 1864 and 1863 respectively in the first batch of four steam locomotives to operate on the Festiniog Railway.

Climbing Prince

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:27:19 +0000

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The Ffestiniog Railway's 'Prince' climbing hard at Coed-y-Bleiddiau with a train of vintage stock during a 30742 Charters event.

Wrexham terracotta

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 06:10:39 +0000

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Burton Buildings in Wrexham was built in 1896 and is adorned with lovely terracotta work which was probably supplied by J C Edwards of Ruabon. Considering the proximity of an extensive terracottta industry in the vicinity it is surprising how little of the local product is to be seen in Wrexham.

Graig Quarry

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:34:43 +0000

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Storage bins alongside the tarmacadam plant at the Lafarge operated Graig Quarry, Llanarmon.

Bryn Mawr

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:52:26 +0000

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The modern quarry tends to use mobile plant for crushing and screening rather than expensive fixed equipment. This is Bryn Mawr limestone quarry at Holywell Common.

Conveyors

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:22:46 +0000

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Conveyor systems and secondary crusher tower at Pentre Halkyn Quarry. The annual output here is about 1 million tonnes of stone.

Synthite

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:03:50 +0000

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Synthite Ltd founded in West Bromwich in 1920 to produce resins but soon became a successful manufacturer of formaldehyde. In 1928 the business was incorporated into the Charles Tennant Group, a diverse international network of manufacturing and distribution companies. 1950 saw formaldehyde production begun at the newly acquired plant at the Alyn Works in Mold, North Wales and in 1991 all production moved to North Wales. Since 2014 it has acquired amino resin manufacturing facilities in Mold and Cork from Dynea and renamed that business TS Resin and Marinochem.

Mixed arrival

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 06:06:24 +0000

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Corris Railway No.7 arrives at Maespoeth with a train of mixed stock. This little line is steadily reclaiming a good part of the route that was lost when British Railways closed the line in 1948.

Control

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:24:28 +0000

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Disused control panel for one of the two papermaking machines at the UPM mill at Shotton. This works has since closed and been replaced by a containerboard board plant owned by Turkish company Eren.

Fireplace

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 06:14:33 +0000

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The Grade One listed Pierhead Building in Cardiff, built in 1897 for the Bute Docks Company to the design of the English architect William Frame is a terracotta palace. Inside the building is just as lavishly filled with terracotta as the exterior. This fireplace is an astonishing example of the art, although I doubt it was ever intended to hold a fire with those tiles in the back. The terracotta was supplied by Ruabon based brickmakers JC Edwards & Co. and the building is now a visitor and education centre for the National Assembly.

Pen-y-Clyn Mine

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 22 May 2025 06:09:31 +0000

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In 1846 William Lefeaux was fortunate enough to discover a rich lead orebody close to the surface at Pen-y-Clyn in about 1846. This did not persist in depth but work appears to have continued on and off here until at least 1869. It has been suggested that this was also known as West Van Mine.

The tiny engine house at Pen-y-Clyn Mine seems to have little information available about its history. David Bick suggested that it was erected c1863 and contained a rotative Cornish Engine of c20" cylinder. The buildings here have been subject to some restoration and consolidation by the Welsh Mines Preservation Trust.

Vintage stuff

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:27:16 +0000

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Palmerston and Prince with a vintage set of coaches climbing towards Ddualt on the Festiniog Railway.

Castle or Quarry?

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 06:38:05 +0000

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The Yr Eifl granite quarry at Trefor opened in 1850 and closed in 1963. The massive concrete stone bins and crusher block were built in 1923