Contributions of the group From (t)here to ipernity

Biomass

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:38:32 +0000

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66 190 with a train of biomass hoppers passing the W H Davis facility at Ferrybridge where the wagons are maintained.

No.3

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:53:38 +0000

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Harry Needle Railway Company class 20 No.3 (formerly 20906) gently clagging in silo area at the Breedon Cement works at Hope.

Ketton silos

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:08:24 +0000

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Cement silos at the Ketton cement works which was established by the Ketton Portland Cement Company in 1928. It is currently owned by Heidelberg.

Last days

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:49:46 +0000

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Rugeley 'B' power station was still generating for a few more weeks when I took this, but was finally switched off on June 9th, 2016. It was commissioned in 1970 and could generate around 1000 megawatts of electricity.

The passing Pendelino is the icing on the cake.

Pear Mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:01:19 +0000

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Construction of the Pear Mill in Stockport commenced in 1908. The building is typical of the architects A.H. Stott & Sons, and was designed by The mill was designed by Abraham Stott junior. Financial problems led to changes in management of the mill company and it was finally completed in 1913 by Philip Sidney Stott.

At its peak, the mill employed approximately 300 people to run 52 pairs of spinning mules with a total of 137,312 spindles. This remained until the 1950s when the mill was electrified and replaced by 33,636 ring spindles. It ceased operation as a textile mill in March 1978. Today it is a listed structure and divided into business units.

The mill is so named because it was built on the land of Pear Tree Farm. The building includes a number of decorative pears on the structure and as a dome on the tower.

Top of the spiral

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:25:23 +0000

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1927 built Bagnall 2-6-2 No.42 arrives at the top of the spiral just below the Wallah Gorge loading bunkers on the Burma Mines Railway.

Cemex, Dove Holes

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:53:18 +0000

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Dove Holes quarry is operated by Cemex and ships out vast quantities of limestone by road and rail. The quarry is an amalgamation of the earlier Holderness and Newline quarries both of which have been lowered to the water table. Recent developments have seen the quarry expand northwards into the Bee Low area. There is a large area of fixed plant for crushing and screening the stone. The stone is taken by conveyor from the tipping dock and primary crusher to a stockpile under the gantry at lower centre of the image.

Abandoned

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:53:14 +0000

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The long disused stone handling plant at Crich quarry. Opened by The Clay Cross Company in the 19th century and supplying limekilns near Ambergate via a metre gauge railway, the quarry closed in 1958. Reopening for roadstone occurred in the 1960's and it was operated by RMC and Tarmac before passing to Aggregate Industries ownership in 2000. Final closure came in 2010.

Leaving Embsay

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:21:15 +0000

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Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 27 ('A' Class) locomotive 52322 with a permanent way train heads towards Bolton Abbey on the Yorkshire Dales Railway.

HBM Roundhay Leeds 29th June 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:04:17 +0000

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A visit to Roundhay Park and the victorian Upper Lake bandstand. It was built as such but given the seating arrangement it's probably more of a shelter today.

HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of another week.

Cans

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:52:00 +0000

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Oil cans above the camshaft on a large M.A.N engine at the Anson Engine Museum.

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.

Tank

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:30:36 +0000

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A few Furness Railway water tanks have survived along the Cumbrian Coast line. This one is alongside the crossing at Foxfield Station.

KGV Dock

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:26:20 +0000

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Through the entrance lock to the King George V Dock at Hull. At the dockside is the 2,650 gross tonnage general cargo vessel GERD along with the tug SERVICEMAN which was at the time owned by SMS Towing Ltd. Also partly visible to the right is the SANTANA a general cargo vessel of 7345 gross tons. In the background is the 50-meter-tall biomass silo designed to store 1,800 tonnes of wood pellets imported from North America. Constructed using slipform concrete techniques, this automated facility can load up to 30 rail wagons with 1,500 tonnes of biomass in just 45 minutes for delivery to the Drax Power Station.

On the corner

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:24:15 +0000

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This block of three shops with offices above sits at the corner of Kind Edward Street and Waltham Street in the centre of Hull. The corner facade has on the first floor a semicircular bay window with Ionic half-columns and an ornate copper half-dome. Above again, a hexagonal copper dome with curly volutes and a circular dormer window on each side. Flat topped round lantern with volutes, and was once crowned with a flagpole. It was built c1905 and is listed Grade II.

NO TUG

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:40 +0000

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I guess this is not the place that they want anyone pushing on the side of P&O Ferry Pride of Hull. Seen at the Hull ferry berth on the Humber.

HBM Bradgate Park Leicestershire 7th July 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:23:15 +0000

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Blue skies and summer clouds over Bradgate Park.

Formerly the estate of the Greys of Groby (including Queen Lady Jane Grey), the grounds of Bradgate House have been a public park since the 1920s when the then owner, Charles Bennion, bequeathed it in perpetuity to "the people of Leicestershire".

It's been a deer park even longer.

HBM to everyone. Have a great start to the new week.

Teetons Ltd

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:57:09 +0000

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This interesting commercial premises is Nos 69-73 Stafford St, Hanley. The brick structure is ornamented with sandstone lintels, bands and decorative plaques on the upper storeys. The tower is dated 1911 and the flanking panels are lettered LTD with the 'T' much taller than the other letters. This represents the original owners - Teetons Limited , who were listed in the 1904 trade directory as: Wholesale & retail drapers, house furnishers, milliners, mantle warehousemen, & boot & shoe factors. The rear section along the left side has a decorative datestone on 1901. The firm occupied nos 75 & 77 Stafford Street too, where the Leek United Building Society office now stands. Looking at the raised section, I reckon that was once the centre of the building, and the right hand side has been demolished. The full impressive effect is consequently somewhat spoiled.

Teetons

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:07:06 +0000

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Tower and dome on Nos 69-73 Stafford St, Hanley. The brick structure is ornamented with sandstone lintels, bands and decorative plaques on the upper storeys. The tower is dated 1911 and the flanking panels are lettered LTD with the 'T' much taller than the other letters. This represents the original owners - Teetons Limited , who were listed in the 1904 trade directory as: Wholesale & retail drapers, house furnishers, milliners, mantle warehousemen, & boot & shoe factors. The rear section along the left side has a decorative datestone on 1901. The firm occupied nos 75 & 77 Stafford Street too but the original building in that section has been demolished and replaced by a modern structure.

Flaybrick Tower

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:14:23 +0000

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The Water Tower at Flaybrick Reservoir, Claughton, Wirral was built 1860-65. The water piped into this water tower travels from Alwen reservoir near Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer in Conwy County Borough, Wales by underground aqueduct. It is listed Grade II.