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Old Halifax

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:08:20 +0000

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This steep setted road links Old Lane with the Woodside area of Halifax. Used mainly for car parking these days the scene is dominated by the chimney of Crossley's former carpet mills at Dean Clough.

Stone pots

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:08:33 +0000

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Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust has restored the old station building at Wingfield on the route of the North Midland Railway which opened a line from Derby to Leeds in 1840. The station building was designed in the Grecian style by the architect Francis Edward Thompson and is a remarkable survivor from the very earliest days of the railways. The restoration included renewal of some of the splendid chimneypots which were made from local Ashover gritstone.

Chimney

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:06:49 +0000

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Looking down from the Worth Valley Railway at Keighley revealed this fine stone chimney with splendid capping and stone pot.

Coal power

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:36:12 +0000

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Coal fired generation hard at work at Fiddler's Ferry, seen from Wigg Island across the Mersey.

Paper

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:02:07 +0000

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The UPM Caledonian Paper mill at Irvine in North Ayrshire produces up to 235,000 tonnes of coated magazine paper annually. It has been in operation since 1989.

Draw

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 05:57:39 +0000

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Extra draw is order of the day on High Street West in Glossop.

Chimneystack

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 06:31:35 +0000

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Ornate chimneystack on the Town Hall at Dukinfield.

Reckitt's chimney

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:06:53 +0000

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This 141m/460ft tall chimney was built in the early 1970s at the works of Reckitt and Colman who made a range of products including dolly blue and zebrite grate polish. Today the business specialises in healthcare products as Reckitt Benckiser Health Care UK Ltd and has moved its Hull business to a site a short distance away.

West Burton

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 07:44:56 +0000

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The 2,000MW coal-fired power station at West Burton on the River Trent was commissioned in 1968. It was still working when I visited in 2019 but now demolition is well underway.

Eggborough Power Station

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:29:33 +0000

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Eggborough Power Station generated with four 500 megawatt units, the first of which started working in 1967. The station closed in September 2018.

India Mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 06:12:49 +0000

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India Mill at Darwen was completed for Shorrocks Brothers in 1867 for cotton spinning. The chimney is 24ft square and stands 303 feet tall. The design was by E.Bates of Manchester and built by B. Lloyd of Darwen. The spinning mill closed in 1991 and is now occupied by a variety of businesses. The chimney was in poor condition until in 2007 the top ten feet was rebuilt, a cap put in place and the interior renovated. It is listed Grade II*.

West Burton

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:19:28 +0000

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The coal fired station at West Burton generated 2,000 MW and was the first station of this capacity in Britain.

West Burton power

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:41:30 +0000

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At West Burton there were two power stations on the River Trent near Gainsborough. One is a coal-fired power station, which was commissioned in 1968, and the second is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, commissioned in 2011. Both stations were owned and operated by EDF Energy. This is the coal fired station which generated 2,000 MW and was the first station of this capacity in Britain. It was closed during 2023.

Crossley's Crown

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:06:06 +0000

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The chimney of Crossley's former carpet mills at Dean Clough dominates the sky at the back of the Woodside area of Halifax.

Preheating

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 06:25:11 +0000

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Preheater tower serving the two rotary kilns at Hope cement works.

Matching

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:00:01 +0000

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Twenty one chimneypots in Dundee! I am advised that the square style of pot is uncommon in Scotland. It is certainly rare to find a matching set these days.

Cement

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:15:37 +0000

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Preheater tower and cement tank wagons at the Hope cement works.

Morphett's engine houses

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 16:21:13 +0000

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The Burra Burra Copper Mine (The Monster Mine) was established in 1848 mining the copper deposit discovered in 1845. Miners and townspeople migrated to Burra primarily from Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Germany. The mine first closed in 1877, briefly opened again early in the 20th century and for a last time from 1970-1981. The Burra mines supplied 89% of South Australia's and 5% of the world’s copper for 15 years and the settlement has been credited (along with the mines at Kapunda) with saving the economy of the struggling new colony of South Australia.

The two enginehouses seen here are:

1. (left) Morphett's winding house, built in 1861 to wind rock from Hector shaft, begun in 1858. A 30 inch, 30hp engine with boilers was ordered from Thomas Williams in Devon. Williams actually ordered from Perran Foundry a 30hp rotative beam engine with a cylinder of only 20 inches. The engine house was erected about 300ft from the Hector shaft in order for the boiler house to be shared with Morphett's pumping engine. This had four boilers, to which two more were added for the winding engine. The engine was started in 1861 and was stopped in 1868 when the mine began to convert to opencut operations. It was adapted to drive dressing machinery some 550ft distant via an endless wire rope. A horizontal engine was erected at the dressing plant in 1874 and the winding engine then lay derelict until scrapped in 1916.

2.(right) Morphett's pumping engine house, built in 1858 by Cornish stonemasons Thomas Paynter and Ambrose Harris. It housed an 80 inch Cornish pumping engine purchased new from Perran Foundry which arrived at Burra over a six month period in 1858 with the 15 ton cylinder finally arriving in January of 1859. The engine was started in March 1860 and named after John Morphett, a director of the South Australia Mining Association which owned the mine. Operation of the engine ceased in November 1877 after the shaft had been deepened to the 100 fathom level. It was scrapped in 1916. The engine house was gutted by fire in 1926 but was subject to extensive restoration in 1986 when the upper part of the shaft was also retimbered. It now house an interpretive display relating to the engine and mine.

Way in

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:19:44 +0000

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The entrance to the power station at Eggborough at which the last remnants were demolished recently. In happier times when it was at work generation was with four 500 megawatt units, the first of which started working in 1967.

Arrow Mill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 22 May 2022 06:49:24 +0000

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Arrow Mill, Castleton, Rochdale, was was designed by Sydney Stott for R & T Howarth. It was built very quickly. The contract to build was signed in late 1906, the first brick was laid in January 1907, the engine first ran under steam in February 1908 and the first cotton was spun in this large mill fifteen months after the first brick was laid. It was acquired by Courtaulds Ltd in 1934 and sold by them to Arrow Mill Fabrics Ltd in 1979. This was the last cotton mill to operate in the Rochdale area and did not cease production until the late 1990s. It is now listed Grade II and is in multiple occupation.