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 towards Cononley Lead Mine engine house and chimney over the small reservoir. Water was needed by the steam engine which provided power for pumping and lifting and the primary crushing of the oreA post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 16, 2019 at 3:53am PDT
View this post on Instagram Cornish mining engineer John Taylor built the engine house in 1842 for the Duke of Devonshire hence the Cornish mine look. The engine house pumped water from the mine out of the nearby shaft, which my readings today say is about 49 metres deep (although a couple of spureous readings read 100m) it should connect with the middle level crosscut at about that depth. Originally the shaft was much deeper, connecting with the deep adit and levels below that, reaching almost 150m A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 15, 2019 at 9:36am PDT
View this post on Instagram The Woolpack, Esholt - Emmerdale filmed here from 1976 until 1998 when the village and pub was recreated within the extensive grounds of Harewood House a few miles away due to increasing filming demands - two episodes a week until 1997 when it went to three, and then five from 2000). Interior filming has always used studios in Leeds. The 19th century building was originally the Combers Arms then the Commercial Inn but was renamed to match it's fictional title. Bradford's council bought the pub in the early 20th C when it thought it might need the land for the nearby sewage works and owned it until 2004, it was sold again in 2006 to Enterprise Inns since when it has had an unsettled time #curseofpubco #esholt #thewoolpack #emmerdale #emmerdalefarm #pubs #beckindale #enterpriseinns #bradfordcorporation A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 14, 2019 at 4:33am PDT
The Woolpack, Esholt - Emmerdale filmed here from 1976 until 1998 when the village and pub was recreated within the extensive grounds of Harewood House a few miles away due to increasing filming demands - two episodes a week until 1997 when it went to three, and then five from 2000). Interior filming has always used studios in Leeds. The 19th century building was originally the Combers Arms then the Commercial Inn but was renamed to match it's fictional title. Bradford's council bought the pub in the early 20th C when it thought it might need the land for the nearby sewage works and owned it until 2004, it was sold again in 2006 to Enterprise Inns since when it has had an unsettled time #curseofpubco #esholt #thewoolpack #emmerdale #emmerdalefarm #pubs #beckindale #enterpriseinns #bradfordcorporation
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View this post on Instagram Gas light in Oakworth Station. The fragile incandescent ceramic gas mantle seen here enveloping the gas flames produces much brighter whiter light than the bare gas flame would, was only perfected in 1891 becoming widespread until electric lighting. Mantles are fascinating, being a flexible fabric soaked in cerium and (radioactive!) thorium dioxides until installed and set on fire the first time when the fabric burns away and the ceramic forms. They used to be tied to the lamp with asbestos thread to complete the set of healthy materials 😕 #gaslamp #gasmantle #welsbachmantle #gaslight #railway #kwvr #oakworth #preservedrailway #oldlamps #thorium #radioactive #waitingroom #steamtrain A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 9, 2019 at 3:22pm PDT
Gas light in Oakworth Station. The fragile incandescent ceramic gas mantle seen here enveloping the gas flames produces much brighter whiter light than the bare gas flame would, was only perfected in 1891 becoming widespread until electric lighting. Mantles are fascinating, being a flexible fabric soaked in cerium and (radioactive!) thorium dioxides until installed and set on fire the first time when the fabric burns away and the ceramic forms. They used to be tied to the lamp with asbestos thread to complete the set of healthy materials 😕 #gaslamp #gasmantle #welsbachmantle #gaslight #railway #kwvr #oakworth #preservedrailway #oldlamps #thorium #radioactive #waitingroom #steamtrain
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View this post on Instagram Archimedean screw generator at Otley weir. The slow rotation is quiet and fish friendly and the 3.7m diameter twin screws generate up to 350kW and make enough electricity over a year to power 300 homes. Hard to get a decent view of due to the trees and steep banks. #greenenergy #hydropower #hydroelectric #archimedesscrew #river #otley #riverwharfe #renewableenergy A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 8, 2019 at 4:57am PDT
Archimedean screw generator at Otley weir. The slow rotation is quiet and fish friendly and the 3.7m diameter twin screws generate up to 350kW and make enough electricity over a year to power 300 homes. Hard to get a decent view of due to the trees and steep banks. #greenenergy #hydropower #hydroelectric #archimedesscrew #river #otley #riverwharfe #renewableenergy
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View this post on Instagram Reused narrow guage railway rails (I think!). I noticed these being used as a vehicle barrier on a lane near the sewage works at Esholt. The works at one time had 22 miles of standard guage railway but after seeing these I discovered there was also a much shorter 2 foot narrow gauge system with three locomotives. The railway system was completely closed down by 1977, a few years after the newly formed Yorkshire Water Authority took over the works from City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (originally Bradford Corporation). #esholtsewageworks #rails #narrowgaugerailway #railway #reusereducerecycle #industrialheritage #exploring #industrialrailway A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 4, 2019 at 11:55am PDT
Reused narrow guage railway rails (I think!). I noticed these being used as a vehicle barrier on a lane near the sewage works at Esholt. The works at one time had 22 miles of standard guage railway but after seeing these I discovered there was also a much shorter 2 foot narrow gauge system with three locomotives. The railway system was completely closed down by 1977, a few years after the newly formed Yorkshire Water Authority took over the works from City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (originally Bradford Corporation). #esholtsewageworks #rails #narrowgaugerailway #railway #reusereducerecycle #industrialheritage #exploring #industrialrailway
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View this post on Instagram Noticed this mine entrance across the valley while out walking. Hebden Horse Level (or Trial Level) was built between 1873 and 1888, it extended over 2km underground, however when the target vein was reached no lead ore was found (after 15 years digging :o ) so it was abandoned and the Hebden Moor Mining Company was wound up, their productive mines upstream having been worked out #abandonedmine #leadmine #yorkshiredales #hebden #abandonedindustry #derelictplaces #foxglove #deadtree #hebdenmoor #hebdenmoors #hebdenmoorminingcompany #derelictbuilding #mineportal A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jul 1, 2019 at 6:57am PDT
Noticed this mine entrance across the valley while out walking. Hebden Horse Level (or Trial Level) was built between 1873 and 1888, it extended over 2km underground, however when the target vein was reached no lead ore was found (after 15 years digging :o ) so it was abandoned and the Hebden Moor Mining Company was wound up, their productive mines upstream having been worked out #abandonedmine #leadmine #yorkshiredales #hebden #abandonedindustry #derelictplaces #foxglove #deadtree #hebdenmoor #hebdenmoors #hebdenmoorminingcompany #derelictbuilding #mineportal
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