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Hi All New to the forum not totally new to urbex I did urbex back in 07-08 when I was much younger and had more free time Took a break as life got in the way (kids etc) but now time is freeing up again I decided to start again start of this year. History- Dating from between 1855 and 1875...

Greffyn Mine Havent posted a mine for a while so heres a nice little un reported place from a few years back. Not a lot of individual information available as this is one of many dozen mines in the Gwydyr. The Mine did consists of a series of gated levels up the hillside behind the...

1. The History Middle Engine mine is situated on Hassop Common, due north of the Derbyshire village of Hassop, at the end of the track from Brightside Mine. Over the years it has also been known as Lower Harrybecca and Old Brightside mine as it sits in between two mines of those names, the...

Background History Construction of Dalton mills by Joseph Craven started in 1866 and they were in full operation by 1870. The complex consisted of three mills: the Tower Mill, the Genappe Mill and the New Mill, and these were constructed in phases. At their peak the mills employed over 2000...

Introduction Once again a fantastic 28 Days Later meet, this time in Bristol. It's a shame I didn’t get involved in Friday’s antics or the afterparty on the Saturday after the pub visits, but it was still great to meet both familiar and new faces. I used the meet as an opportunity to visit a...

Having seen a few reports on this one and loving a good bit of disused rail infrastructure, i knew i just had to go and check this one out for myself. History Faversham initially being a terminus ensured that locomotive facilities were provided here from the outset. The first engine shed was a...

Introduction Me and @JakeV50 headed out to Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire to look at some more pump houses. Unfortunately, the day was full of disappointments once again but we did come across a couple of nice surprises. This report covers an Engine House which I found on old OS maps, and a pump...

Introduction Another lovely little pumping station I’ve now visited twice. Wasn’t happy with my first lot of pics due to the glaring sun so went back with @JakeV50 last month to reshoot as we were in the area. Information & History I’ve found it very difficult to pull any sort of historical...

Introduction Continuing our hunt for old pumping stations around the washes in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, me and @V50jake went to check out this and a few other sites last weekend. This is one I found on satellite imagery. It looks quite small on satellite imagery but was actually really nice...

Introduction As usual, I found myself trawling through various old OS Maps with the hopes of finding some nice untouched old industry remains and pump houses. I found this little site which was marked as an Engine House with a Windpump and Sluice on site. I decided to take a look at this, in...

Engine plant Die cast mid September 2021

Engine plant, engine assembly august 2021

Engine Plant Die cast august 2021

Introduction This is one of many places I had on my list for my recent peak district trip. I didn’t expect much but I actually really enjoyed this one. Annoyingly I forgot to check out the ruined train station further along the footpath, though I was stretched for time. History & Information...

Big red brick mahoosive cotton mills have always interested me. You used to see loads of them, not near where I grew up exactly, but in all the surrounding areas. Returning from days out as a kid, if I started to notice them I knew we were nearly home. Similar to the Cooling towers at Agecroft...