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Archie added a comment to image SPW020639 - "Site had open hearth furnaces with a seamless tube ..."Brian Wilkinson added a comment to image SPW020639 - "Dear all, Thanks for this; I've checked the 3rd and 4th ..."
Class31 edited the tags(s) for image SPW020639 Class31 replied to an annotation made on image SPW020639 - "Small house is Kirklea mentioned below."
Class31 added an annotation to image SPW020639 - "Bends in road seen in photograph of Stewarts & Lloyds ..."
slowcoach contributed a coordinate for image SPW020639ewnmcg added a comment to image SPW020639 - "Been unable to find another photo showing the main long ..."
ewnmcg added a comment and photograph to image SPW020639 - "Yes, I think 'we' have the location. This time there is ..."ewnmcg added an annotation to image SPW020639 - "Two water towers. See 1939 NLS map."ewnmcg added a comment and photograph to image SPW020639 - "Another aerial view - this time from RCAHMS website - ..."ewnmcg added a comment and photograph to image SPW020639 - "Now got a map - 1912 - a bit earlier than ..."ewnmcg added a comment to image SPW020639 - "Beginning to think this might be Jerviston Junction, ..."ewnmcg added an annotation to image SPW020639 - "Wagon marked "FULTON""ewnmcg added a comment to image SPW020639 - "There are clues but not good enough for Googling. Note ..."Tiny Tim replied to an annotation made on image SPW020639 - "Trackwork?"Tiny Tim added an annotation to image SPW020639 - "Do any railway buffs recognise this signal box?"ewnmcg added a comment to image SPW020639 - "Wondering if it's Inverurie.
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Site had open hearth furnaces with a seamless tube pilger mill.
later in approx. 1957 a twin mill was built to make smaller dia seamless tubes
Sunday 12th May
10:03am
Dear all, Thanks for this; I've checked the 3rd and 4th edition OS, and I am happy to validate this location. I've not found any mapping or photographic evidence which shows the sheds build perpendicular to the tracks, but the bends in the road, Kirklea, Kirklee Cottage and the Biggins (the cottages), signal box and water towers all help pinpoint the image.
The revised record will appear here in due course.
Brian Wilkinson
Britain from Above Activity Officer (Scotland)
Thursday 6th September
2:26pm
Bends in road seen in photograph of Stewarts & Lloyds Clydesdale Steel & Tube works number SAW051755. The small house disappeared between 1928 and 1953! There is also a track leading into a field to the west which is the same in both photographs. I can confirm from this evidence that the photographs are of the same location.
Saturday 4th August
9:06am
Small house is Kirklea mentioned below.
Saturday 4th August
9:09am
Been unable to find another photo showing the main long shed in this image. There are a good number of other aerial views of the general location - Browse on the word Clydesdale and the Clydesdale Tube Works appears in quite a few.
Saturday 28th July
8:39am
Yes, I think 'we' have the location. This time there is a 1939 map. Various features match again: the signal box for example. The twio water towers at top are another useful match.
Friday 27th July
11:51pm
Two water towers. See 1939 NLS map.
Friday 27th July
11:49pm
Another aerial view - this time from RCAHMS website - and from a different angle.
Friday 27th July
11:23pm
Now got a map - 1912 - a bit earlier than photo.
Details of Kirklea fit well between map and photo.
Situation of S.B. (i.e. signal box) is also a good fit.
Friday 27th July
11:04pm
Beginning to think this might be Jerviston Junction, near Holytown.
Friday 27th July
10:44pm
Wagon marked "FULTON"
Thursday 26th July
7:37am
There are clues but not good enough for Googling. Note short shadows = sun is high = looking roughly north. A railway friend thinks signal box could be a Caledonian Railway design. Wagons have mix of lettering: LMS, UNITED, FULTON. Long shed looks new - does it have railway tracks inside I wonder.
Wednesday 25th July
6:41pm
Rail mounted mobile steam crane
Thursday 28th June
3:32pm
Trackwork?
Wednesday 25th July
12:31pm
Do any railway buffs recognise this signal box?
Wednesday 25th July
10:35am
Wondering if it's Inverurie.
Tuesday 24th July
12:25pm
I'll retract the idea of the wagon plant at Horbury - I've just noticed there is a good photo of that plant already on the website. However, the length of the shed and it being adjacent to tracks still give the possibility of some railway industry such as wagons or coaches.
Monday 23rd July
9:23am
Long building is interesting. Just wondering if it's Charles Roberts & Co, wagon makers (i.e. railway wagons). Plant was at Horbury near Wakefield. Anyone from Wakefield looking at these photos?
Sunday 22nd July
10:42pm
From the number of chimneys, I'd suggest this mioght be a brick works.
There are a number of 'LMS' trucks in the yard, suggesting it's West Midlands / North West England.
There are also a number of 'United' trucks. Was there ever a United Brick Company.?
Friday 29th June
9:26am