Visited with REEF, another fun day out mate
The earliest mention of the limeworks in Cocking was in 1715 and the chalk pit itself in 1768. It was abondoned in 1999. Over the years the site had an aerial ropeway, an overhead crane and a tramway.
The south battery, 8 lime kilns
Inside the bottom of one of the kilns
Top of the kilns..........
........not to be trodden on! Just a very thin rusty piece of metal sheet and long fall below!
The primary chalk crusher
We obeyed the sign (for once!)
Intermediate chalk crusher
We walked up the long hill to the chalk pit itself and found the two excavators
They were both the same model, Ruston Bucyrus RB-22 Dragline excavators
The earliest mention of the limeworks in Cocking was in 1715 and the chalk pit itself in 1768. It was abondoned in 1999. Over the years the site had an aerial ropeway, an overhead crane and a tramway.
The south battery, 8 lime kilns
Inside the bottom of one of the kilns
Top of the kilns..........
........not to be trodden on! Just a very thin rusty piece of metal sheet and long fall below!
The primary chalk crusher
We obeyed the sign (for once!)
Intermediate chalk crusher
We walked up the long hill to the chalk pit itself and found the two excavators
They were both the same model, Ruston Bucyrus RB-22 Dragline excavators
