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High Row

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:35:44 +0000

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Terracotta ornamentation on the upper storeys of 24a High Row, Darlington. Ground level features the usual corporate business frontage.

Stables

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:14:18 +0000

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The cream brickwork stands out on the stable block at Beamish Museum. I particularly like the ventilators. This building is a re-creation of the stables located between High Spen and Greenside, near Rowlands Gill, which served the Victoria Garesfield Colliery.

Technical

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 05:47:01 +0000

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One of two terracotta figures on top of the former Darlington Technical College. This one carries technical emblems- a pair of dividers and the governor for a stationary steam engine. The college was built in 1896 and designed by local architect G.G Hoskins and is listed Grade II.

Technical College

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 06:46:03 +0000

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Terracotta panel over the main entrance to the former Darlington Technical College. It was built in 1896 and designed by local architect G.G Hoskins in an elaborate Perpendicular style and is listed Grade II.

Town Hall Clock

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 05:41:40 +0000

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Jarrow town hall was the headquarters of Jarrow Borough Council, and is a Grade II listed building dating to 1902-04. This three-face clock was added above the main entrance in 1951, possibly to mark the Festival of Britain in that year.

Colliery steam

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:22:04 +0000

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Lewin 18 shunts chaldron wagons in the Beamish Colliery yard whilst Peckett 1370 simmers outside the shed.

Exchange sidings

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:28:59 +0000

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Two foot gauge Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT "Glyder" (Works No.1994) and standard gauge Lewin 0-4-0T 18 (Works No.683) run side by side in the exchange sidings at Beamish.

Bushy Flat kilns

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:00:01 +0000

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This pair of limekilns is just across the River Wear from Stanhope adjacent to the former Newlandside Quarry. The structure is in an advanced state of collapse but the position of the four draw holes is still apparent.

Behind the shed

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:15:16 +0000

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Lewin 0-4-0T 18 (Works No,683) at the rear of the locomotive shed at Beamish as it heads through the boscage towards the colliery.

Walker's Buildings

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 07:21:39 +0000

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Walker's Buildings, Sunderland. Built in 1926 for Walkers the Jewellers on the corner of High Street West and Bridge Street. All clad with cream terracotta.

Colliery yard

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:53:57 +0000

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Lewin 18 arrives in the colliery yard at Beamish whilst Peckett 1370 simmers outside the shed.

The driver

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 06:37:41 +0000

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The Puffing Billy is said to be the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world. It was constructed in 1813-1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. It proved too heavy for the track and was rebuilt in 1815 with ten wheels, but was returned to its original condition in 1830 when the line was relaid with stronger rails. Puffing Billy remained in service until 1862, when Edward Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, lent it to the Patent Office Museum in South Kensington, London (later the Science Museum). He later sold it to the museum for £200. It is still on display there. Its sister locomotive, Wylam Dilly, is preserved in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

In 2006 a replica was built for use at Beamish Museum and it is this locomotive that is seen here operating on the Pockerley Waggonway on its first day back in service after a major overhaul and retubing over the winter. The driver seems happy with his steed and commented that the new boiler lagging was very effective and they were having trouble keeping the safety valves from lifting.

Coal and water

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:56:11 +0000

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Coaling stage outside the colliery locomotive shed at Beamish Museum.

Waggon Works

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:24:10 +0000

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This large corrugated iron and brick building at Beamish museum was completed in 2002. This is actually the Regional Museums Store, which Beamish shares with Tyne and Wear Museums. The lean-to section to the right is used to service and store the locomotives and stock used on the railway.

Jarrow Town Hall

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:19:15 +0000

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The town hall, which was the headquarters of Jarrow Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Lady Gertrude Palmer, the wife of the local Member of Parliament Sir Charles Palmer, on 9 October 1902. The building was designed by a local architect, Fred Rennoldson, in the Baroque style, built in red brick with terracotta facings at a cost of £12,000 and was officially opened by Sir Charles Palmer on 15 June 1904. A three-face clock was added above the main entrance in 1951, possibly to mark the Festival of Britain in that year.

Egg-ended

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:45:11 +0000

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An egg-ended boiler in re-use as a water tank at Beamish Museum. These externally fired boilers were common in the mid-19th century and were particularly popular at collieries and ironworks.

Waggonway haulage

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 06:02:16 +0000

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The Puffing Billy is said to be the oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world. It was constructed in 1813-1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. It proved too heavy for the track and was rebuilt in 1815 with ten wheels, but was returned to its original condition in 1830 when the line was relaid with stronger rails. Puffing Billy remained in service until 1862, when Edward Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, lent it to the Patent Office Museum in South Kensington, London (later the Science Museum). He later sold it to the museum for £200. It is still on display there. Its sister locomotive, Wylam Dilly, is preserved in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

In 2006 a replica was built for use at Beamish Museum and it is this locomotive that is seen here operating on the Pockerley Waggonway on its first day back in service after a major overhaul and retubing over the winter. The crew commented that the new boiler lagging was very effective and they were having trouble keeping the safety valves from lifting.

Pumping station

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 30 May 2023 05:08:07 +0000

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Fulwell Pumping Station was built in 1853, designed by Thomas Hawksley. Constructed for the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company it began operating by 1856, powered by two 70 horsepower rotative pumping engines. The site is still operational using electric pumps. The enginehouse and attached boilerhouse is listed Grade II.

Barn

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 29 May 2023 14:03:03 +0000

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Corrugated iron barn at the 1940s farm in Beamish Museum. The plate on the face states: Hill & Smith makers, Brierley Hill.

Coal stage

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 05:57:39 +0000

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Lewin 18 ahead of Peckett 1370 at the coaling stage outside the shed before a day's working on the lines at the Beamish colliery.