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 Disused part of Esholt Waste Water Treatment Works. The new sewage works built in the 1920s by Bradford Corportion had forty huge settlement tanks (shown here). Grease in the waste water from the large numbers of woollen mills was separated off in the works and sold for use as axle grease on the railways, in paints and it also powered locomotives of the works' extensive railway system; in the 1940s these sales more than covered the operational cost of the works! The tanks were superceded by modern equipment in the early 21st century and now lie empty. Esholt is now a much less fragrant village 💩 #abandonedindustry #sewage #sewageworks #esholt #esholtsewageworks #bradford A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 28, 2019 at 8:26am PDT
Disused part of Esholt Waste Water Treatment Works. The new sewage works built in the 1920s by Bradford Corportion had forty huge settlement tanks (shown here). Grease in the waste water from the large numbers of woollen mills was separated off in the works and sold for use as axle grease on the railways, in paints and it also powered locomotives of the works' extensive railway system; in the 1940s these sales more than covered the operational cost of the works! The tanks were superceded by modern equipment in the early 21st century and now lie empty. Esholt is now a much less fragrant village 💩 #abandonedindustry #sewage #sewageworks #esholt #esholtsewageworks #bradford
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 28, 2019 at 8:26am PDT
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