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Author	fairbottom Coal Mine
rivetcotcher Joined: 04/02/2012 Location: HIGH IN THE RAINY, GRITSTONE WILDERNESS ABOVE COWLING, NORTH YORKSHIRE View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 14/02/2012 20:30:04 Reply \| Quote Didn't Henry Ford purchase " THE FAIRBOTTOM BOB " Newcomen type pumping engine for his museum in the U.S. ? IP: 86.151.11.232
AR Joined: 07/11/2007 Location: Knot far from Knotlow in the middle of the Peak District View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 08:38:31 Reply \| Quote He did, and it's still there - some more info here: http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history/fairbottombobs.htm -- I am currently out of the office on leave and travelling through time but will respond to your message when I return last week. IP: 194.159.145.70
rivetcotcher Joined: 04/02/2012 Location: HIGH IN THE RAINY, GRITSTONE WILDERNESS ABOVE COWLING, NORTH YORKSHIRE View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 09:34:19 Reply \| Quote Cheers!! Alan. www.sledgehammerengineeringpress.co.uk IP: 86.151.11.232
mistericeman Joined: 04/10/2009 Location: Ashton-under-Lyne (Manchester) View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 16:03:49 Reply \| Quote I was led to believe that the footbridge i cross over when i walk the dog up there was part of the deal too ??? (10 mins drive from where i live) IP: 80.7.242.213
rivetcotcher Joined: 04/02/2012 Location: HIGH IN THE RAINY, GRITSTONE WILDERNESS ABOVE COWLING, NORTH YORKSHIRE View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 16:22:04 Reply \| Quote The whole area chock-ful of fascinating industrial history. www.sledgehammerengineeringpress.co.uk IP: 86.151.11.232
mistericeman Joined: 04/10/2009 Location: Ashton-under-Lyne (Manchester) View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 16:25:17 Reply \| Quote Indeed .... there are plenty of abandoned shafts to be seen in the woodland behind the site of the engine and beyond ....and the remains of the steel works nearby. IP: 80.7.242.213
rivetcotcher Joined: 04/02/2012 Location: HIGH IN THE RAINY, GRITSTONE WILDERNESS ABOVE COWLING, NORTH YORKSHIRE View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 16:35:23 Reply \| Quote Thanks! I shall have to gird my loins and venture thereabouts; to be sure it is worthy of me scribbling a magazine article !! www.sledgehammerengineeringpress.co.uk IP: 86.151.11.232
rivetcotcher Joined: 04/02/2012 Location: HIGH IN THE RAINY, GRITSTONE WILDERNESS ABOVE COWLING, NORTH YORKSHIRE View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 15/02/2012 18:31:15 Reply \| Quote Is there any published material available on the FAIRBOTTOM COAL MINE and its long-removed iconic Newcomen engine " FAIRBOTTOM BOBS " ? Any information would be most welcome. Alan. www.sledgehammerengineeringpress.co.uk IP: 86.151.11.232
AR Joined: 07/11/2007 Location: Knot far from Knotlow in the middle of the Peak District View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	fairbottom Coal Mine Posted: 16/02/2012 08:34:23 Reply \| Quote I've had a quick look at the Newcomen Soc archives and it may have been mentioned in a 1955 paper on the problems of preserving historic machinery, while there was a 2004 paper in the Industrial Archaeology Review about the excavation of the site: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?option1=tka&value1=fairbottom&pageSize=10&index=1 There's possibly another 1780s Newcomen engine still in-situ, but it's 500ft underground at Yatestoop mine in a chamber that's inaccessible.... -- I am currently out of the office on leave and travelling through time but will respond to your message when I return last week. IP: 194.159.145.70

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