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| pauly |
abandoned beam enginefound this while looking round 1 of my faviourate site.http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/beamengine.html |
| andysleigh |
thats very sad.
i wish i could buy it and restore it, but that would never happen |
| pauly |
at least its somewhere were it cant be vandalised or scrapped.
in fact its the location that saved it if it had been in an easy to reach area it would have been scrapped long ago. its a good site with lots of hidden bits that can take a while to find heres some of the really interesting stuff http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/ceir%20gwyllt.html not in a thousand years would I go down a mountain on 1 of them http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/ceir%20gwyllt.html |
| andysleigh |
i wouldnt mind, looks quite fun, but
 health and saftey would not allow such a thing i should think.
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| pauly |
this is 1 instant that I would agree with them that things lethal. 
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| steamyjim |
Did you see it on Fred Dibnahs Industrial Age?
Episode 1 i beleive 
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| pauly |
no I didnt does anyone know where I can get that series on DVD. 
what did fred think of it. 
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| steamyjim |
Veiw From the North sell it i beleive.
He thought it was very upsetting that they couldn't fund the restoration. As he said in a later episode concerning government funding... "If you want to open a ballet school you'll get bloody millions from the government but to restore a part of our heritage thats kept hundreds of people in bread and butter for a long time. You get nothing!" |
| pauly |
That is so true when I was at town hall 1 time the mayor was asking about ideas for a new transport system in middlesbrough and middlesbrough used to have trams in the town so I said what about restarting the tram system it would be cheap and reliable but he said it was to old fashioned and said it wasnt a good idea I was quite offended and told him sometimes the old fashioned way is the best he just gave me a ,you havent a clue what your talking about, look and walked away.
politicians. 
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| made-in-england |
A while ago a group of preservation peeps wanted to restore the steam line from stockbridge to romsey, Couldnt because the councill turned the track bed into a nature trail! A nature trail thats 8 miles long FFS!! |
| pauly |
whats the point the council wont look after the nature trail and itll just end up as a fly tipping hot spot and a dump a preservation societty would keep it nice and clean and steam railways bring in tourism.
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| DLR |
it is ad that some places are left but at least it cant be vandalised. also a very interesting site and has filled in the last bit i need to build my quarry |
| pauly |
could you please posts some pictures of your quarry Im still building mine.
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| MooseMan |
Dorothea quarry is pretty infamous because scuba divers use it for deep water practice, and every year there are fatalities. Very deep and very cold, and full of abandoned machinery. |
| pauly |
you know what would be interesting underwater mine exploring and that looks like the perfect place for it. |
| psantama |
that sounds pretty dangerous to me |
| pauly |
thats why its not a known diving practice and sounds like fun but absolutely lethal
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