Join me on my merry trek of old ruins, cinemas, railways and things that just catch my attention around Yorkshire and the UK. John.
View this post on Instagram The Cononley Lead Mine smelt mill flue which took the fumes away from the valley bottom. The flue was built around 150 years ago and was extended few years later by making use of the old Joy's mine adit and air-shaft to reach the hilltop where a new chimney was built. The adit is now used as a water supply so a small dam has been installed. You can walk through the final section of the flue (in good condition) to come out inside the restored chimney. Apparently in the past the hilltop was used for local gatherings because the area around the chimney was open and bare where nothing would grow... First pic is the chimney and the middle section of flue around the old adit, second pic is bottom (steep!) section, and third is top section and inside chimney. #cononleyleadmines #abandonedplaces #abandonedmine #mineexploration #industrialdecay #leadmine #miningheritage #mineexploring #mines #mininghistory #mining #mineadit #industrialheritage #underground #chimney A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 20, 2019 at 9:27am PDT
The Cononley Lead Mine smelt mill flue which took the fumes away from the valley bottom. The flue was built around 150 years ago and was extended few years later by making use of the old Joy's mine adit and air-shaft to reach the hilltop where a new chimney was built. The adit is now used as a water supply so a small dam has been installed. You can walk through the final section of the flue (in good condition) to come out inside the restored chimney. Apparently in the past the hilltop was used for local gatherings because the area around the chimney was open and bare where nothing would grow... First pic is the chimney and the middle section of flue around the old adit, second pic is bottom (steep!) section, and third is top section and inside chimney. #cononleyleadmines #abandonedplaces #abandonedmine #mineexploration #industrialdecay #leadmine #miningheritage #mineexploring #mines #mininghistory #mining #mineadit #industrialheritage #underground #chimney
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View this post on Instagram Spotted this water level gauge on a water tower on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. I must have looked at the tower dozens of times but this is the first time I noticed it. #alwaysseeingnewthings #kwvr #keighley #watertower A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 19, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT
Spotted this water level gauge on a water tower on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. I must have looked at the tower dozens of times but this is the first time I noticed it. #alwaysseeingnewthings #kwvr #keighley #watertower
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View this post on Instagram Portal to Deep Adit crosscut at Cononley Lead mine. The adit goes south west (going under the beck) and meets the main NW to SE deep level near Taylor's shaft. Processed/dressed ore was tipped down Taylor's shaft via a short tramway which ran over the beck from the Engine House complex into a hopper and ore carts at the bottom. The carts were pushed out by hand along the tramway in this adit which continued on downstream a short distance to the smelting works. 53.9145N, 2.0311W #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #abandonedplaces #mineexploring #yorkshire #abandonedmine A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 15, 2019 at 2:42pm PDT
Portal to Deep Adit crosscut at Cononley Lead mine. The adit goes south west (going under the beck) and meets the main NW to SE deep level near Taylor's shaft. Processed/dressed ore was tipped down Taylor's shaft via a short tramway which ran over the beck from the Engine House complex into a hopper and ore carts at the bottom. The carts were pushed out by hand along the tramway in this adit which continued on downstream a short distance to the smelting works. 53.9145N, 2.0311W #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #abandonedplaces #mineexploring #yorkshire #abandonedmine
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View this post on Instagram Not an exciting shot but this is [Good] Hope Shaft - the last shaft to be built at Cononley Lead Mine in around 1868-1870. Originally it went down to the Deep Adit level but was deepened to around 50m a few years later. To remove water from the deepest workings pump rods were extended from the engine house across the valley (rods from the wheel to the mine at #laxeywheel on the Isle of Man are one preserved still working example). A few metres behind the camera it is still just about possible to make out the circle where horses worked a horse whim providing winding for the shaft. The workings around this area were the last to be mined but were never as productive as earlier workings and the last ore was got from Hope shaft from 1886 to the spring of 1887 when the shaft was briefly reopened following closure of the mine in 1882. The shaft is capped with concrete with thick moss carpeting it and grass encroaching making it a little hard to find 53.91482N 2.03800W #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #cononley A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 14, 2019 at 1:25pm PDT
Not an exciting shot but this is [Good] Hope Shaft - the last shaft to be built at Cononley Lead Mine in around 1868-1870. Originally it went down to the Deep Adit level but was deepened to around 50m a few years later. To remove water from the deepest workings pump rods were extended from the engine house across the valley (rods from the wheel to the mine at #laxeywheel on the Isle of Man are one preserved still working example). A few metres behind the camera it is still just about possible to make out the circle where horses worked a horse whim providing winding for the shaft. The workings around this area were the last to be mined but were never as productive as earlier workings and the last ore was got from Hope shaft from 1886 to the spring of 1887 when the shaft was briefly reopened following closure of the mine in 1882. The shaft is capped with concrete with thick moss carpeting it and grass encroaching making it a little hard to find 53.91482N 2.03800W #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #cononley
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View this post on Instagram Slippery door for short people?! #daffodils #unusualarchitecture A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 13, 2019 at 8:36am PDT
Slippery door for short people?! #daffodils #unusualarchitecture
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View this post on Instagram From 200ft below ground at Cononley Lead Mine to 130ft above it, up Peel Tower near Bury, on a very windy wintery day. Sadly the refreshment sales had finished when we got back down as the very cold volunteer was packing up for the day #peeltower #holcombehill #bury #tower #folly #windy A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Mar 11, 2019 at 11:01am PDT
From 200ft below ground at Cononley Lead Mine to 130ft above it, up Peel Tower near Bury, on a very windy wintery day. Sadly the refreshment sales had finished when we got back down as the very cold volunteer was packing up for the day #peeltower #holcombehill #bury #tower #folly #windy
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