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Brooks Joined: 28/03/2008 Location: Carlisle View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/07/2012 11:23:51 Reply | Quote Despite the very obvious remains at the site of a steam engine here i can not find any actual references to the size etc. Can anyone help? IP: 89.145.227.192 |
rodel Joined: 10/10/2007 Location: windsor View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/07/2012 16:11:27 Reply | Quote Are you referring to the size of the remains shown in the photos or something more technical i.e. the size of what was mounted ? 
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Brooks Joined: 28/03/2008 Location: Carlisle View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/07/2012 17:50:47 Reply | Quote The size and type of engine used is what I am after Thank you IP: 89.145.227.192 |
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rodel Joined: 10/10/2007 Location: windsor View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/07/2012 18:17:20 Reply | Quote Sorry, can't help you there. All I can tell you is that the two parallel upright supports are about 3ft 6 inches high from the concrete floor and about 5ft between. The only way to find any other details would be to try and trace any documents of sale items when the mine was dismantled. IP: 109.157.48.85 |
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John Lawson Joined: 09/12/2010 Location: Castle Douglas Dumfries & Galloway View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 12/07/2012 21:04:24 Reply | Quote I am guessing that this mine is on Raby Estates. So the obvious place to look is through their Estate Office. Not sure how they would take to that. There has been a change in attitude from them since the right to roam legislation was passed, but perhaps worth a letter. IP: 86.140.133.189 |
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grover dave Joined: 24/04/2008 Location: teesdale View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/07/2012 01:03:29 Reply | Quote is this north or south of the middleton to alston road,south of the road you will find both hawk rigg and lady rake mines,both look like they used steam engines,there is ongoing research on Grasshill lead mines ,they may predate Elizebeth 1st mining intrests,no germans. -- theres nothing but heartache down there IP: 79.77.105.197 |
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rodel Joined: 10/10/2007 Location: windsor View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/07/2012 08:31:33 Reply | Quote The remains shown in the photos are to the South of, but not visible from, the Alston road. They are from the last period of working but there has clearly been considerable hushing in the area from earlier times. The area North of the Alston road alongside the Grasshill causeway has seen much mining activity also. Regardiing the attitude of the Raby Estates people I have found their attitude to be extremely 'anti' when it comes to anything concerning the mining remains to a point where even using public footpaths in the area is being actively discouraged now. I have been told that this is because the estates office do not like people taking photos of mining remains and posting them on the internet ! 
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Brooks Joined: 28/03/2008 Location: Carlisle View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/07/2012 10:09:53 Reply | Quote It is quite amasing how quickly after parking up on the Teesdale Alston road and setting off over the moor (even on legal paths) a little green four by four arrives to look at you. IP: 89.145.227.192 |
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rodel Joined: 10/10/2007 Location: windsor View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/07/2012 12:44:35 Reply | Quote In this present day climate of general thievery I can understand a farmer checking someone leaving their bit of moor to make sure that they haven't got the odd sheep or two shoved up their jumper but to get all hissy about photos of mining remains is beyond me. The estate land may ostensibly be theirs but it's our heritage as well.
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RJV Joined: 16/03/2008 Location: Cleveland View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/07/2012 12:57:51 Reply | Quote Screw 'em. Excessively long nesting periods aside its largely open access land so they can go blow. I had a very apologetic phone call a few years back from a power station after I sent them a stroppy email copying the local authority in after they tried to tell me a footpath was closed. Always worth complaining about such things. -- |
christwigg Joined: 20/02/2008 Location: Cleveland View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/07/2012 13:18:40 Reply | Quote rodel wrote: I have been told that this is because the estates office do not like people taking photos of mining remains and posting them on the internet !  poor babiesAsk them to call the police immediately so they can come out and tell you what law your breaking taking photos on open access land. IP: 82.5.179.238 |
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rodel Joined: 10/10/2007 Location: windsor View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 15/07/2012 07:16:53 Reply | Quote On the subject of steam power at Grasshill, is it coincidence that at the same time (1906) that the mine here was being dismantled and abandoned a steam engine was being installed at Lady's Rake to drive the pumps during the dry(?) summer months when water there was in short supply ? As these mines were close to each other (and possibly linked underground) is it feasable that this was one and the same engine? IP: 109.156.180.39 |
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ColinA Joined: 14/04/2008 Location: Cumbria View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 21/07/2012 10:00:12 Reply | Quote Grasshill Causeway is a Public Byway and therefore can be used by vehicles that can cope with the terrain, eg quads, landrovers , motorcycles , bicycles etc, the land owner is breaking the law if he obstructs the route at any time as there can be no restrictions regarding access on a public way. -- ColinA IP: 86.166.31.151 |
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