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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: abandoned beam engine

found this while looking round 1 of my faviourate site.

http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/beamengine.html
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andysleigh · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject:

thats very sad.

i wish i could buy it and restore it, but that would never happen
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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject:

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
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andysleigh · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

i wouldnt mind, looks quite fun, but

health and saftey

would not allow such a thing i should think.
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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject:

this is 1 instant that I would agree with them that things lethal.

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steamyjim · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject:

Did you see it on Fred Dibnahs Industrial Age?

Episode 1 i beleive

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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject:

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!"
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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject:

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!!
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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject:

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 · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

could you please posts some pictures of your quarry Im still building mine.

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MooseMan · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject:

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.
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pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject:

you know what would be interesting underwater mine exploring and that looks like the perfect place for it.
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