carnkie
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17 years ago
Just comparing William’s Shaft Engine House after a decade has elapsed. The first photo was taken by ICLOCK in 1998. The second by me last month.

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ICLOK
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17 years ago
They had literally just done it up.... the path had just been put in.
In general, after my recent visits to the SW I still can't make up my mind if I prefer the conserved version or the overgrown 'explore and find it for yourself version' of 10 years ago.... interestingly Roy Morton and myself where discussing this.... having conserved all this stuff in the SW are they ready for the ongoing cost of keeping the places to the conserved standard or will they be left to the re-encroachment of nature?? A part of me likes the ease of access but another part of me misses the wildness and dereliction. Conservation has cost us some good relics... I hope there is a balance between the conserved and the overgrown.
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carnkie
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17 years ago
Actually this subject was touched upon recently in the "Derelict Land Reclamation Schemes" thread. The viewing platform at Williams Engine House with the plinth and map and plan has already been vandalised. Surprise, surprise :guns:
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ICLOK
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17 years ago
From my experience of a few months ago there seemed quite a bit of damage to some of the longer restored sites... hence my point, if things get conserved you have accept ongoing cost to keep it that way, hence better to lop a few trees, simple paths, repair and stabalise structures, deal with shafts... the finest example I have seen is Holmbush... its got all of its character, but can now be seen properly... no plaques, no concrete steps or metal railings.... hence it gives the minimum of stuff to target! On going management.... tree felling and tidying every now and then (I mean few years)
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