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 Looking out of the pump rod tunnel at Cononley Lead Mine. The tunnel (it's open at both ends so it is a tunnel) cuts through the spoil heap at Remfrey's shaft in the direction of Hope Shaft - the most western and last shaft worked. The other end looks out across the valley to the engine house. Flat rods, made of wood with metalwork connecting them in a straight line transferred power from the engine house to Hope Shaft in order to pump out water from the levels below the deep adit level - the deepest naturally draining level. The mine closed by 1876 when I would think this tunnel was last used but Hope shaft was reopened for a couple of years by a few workers until 1882. #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #tunnel #ironbars #pumprods #flatrodsystem #abandonedmine #urbex #moss #weaselgreen #yorkshire A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Sep 12, 2019 at 8:40am PDT
Looking out of the pump rod tunnel at Cononley Lead Mine. The tunnel (it's open at both ends so it is a tunnel) cuts through the spoil heap at Remfrey's shaft in the direction of Hope Shaft - the most western and last shaft worked. The other end looks out across the valley to the engine house. Flat rods, made of wood with metalwork connecting them in a straight line transferred power from the engine house to Hope Shaft in order to pump out water from the levels below the deep adit level - the deepest naturally draining level. The mine closed by 1876 when I would think this tunnel was last used but Hope shaft was reopened for a couple of years by a few workers until 1882. #cononleyleadmines #leadmine #tunnel #ironbars #pumprods #flatrodsystem #abandonedmine #urbex #moss #weaselgreen #yorkshire
A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Sep 12, 2019 at 8:40am PDT
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