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ttxela
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15 years ago

It could just be the angles the pictures are taken at but it looks like they've got the engines front and back going uphill but both in front going downhill.

Surely the other way round would be better?

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Cornish Pixie
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15 years ago

How wonderful to see these historic photographs detailing the granite industry which was very important in Cornwall but one that is often eclipsed by hard rock mining. Were your family involved in the granite industry?

My interest in quarrying stems from the fact that my maternal ancestors, the Harveys, ran the two quarries on the Busveal side of Carn Marth for nearly a century. Sadly I don't have any photographs of the C19th operations, but the larger one of the two was owned by Jim Harvey until 1934 when he sold it to Jack Johns. Johns leased the quarry to the Camborne Redruth Urban District Council until 1961 when it was closed. Holman's then used it for test drilling purposes. I can remember lying on the quarry rim with my Grandfather watching this taking place in what must have been the early 1970s. The swiss cheese effect left behind in the rockface can still be seen.

Den heb davaz a gollaz i dir

Morlock
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15 years ago

Very nice pics Mr Spitfire, thanks. 🙂

ICLOK
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15 years ago

Just home Spitfire... Stunning pictures mate... really outstanding! :thumbup:

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ICLOK
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15 years ago

The clay wagon pic is particularly interesting.. would the smaller none rail connected quarries have had their own horse teams for this or contracted in locals?.

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ICLOK
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15 years ago

Just interested as I had a similar discussion over small coal mines up here where some were so small that they wouldn't keep a horse, cart, let alone any stabling and use to use small local hauliers to do the work... am talking 1850s here when coal was sold in large lumps the size of the stuff in your picture. We know this happened as paperwork has survived in the form of invoices for moving of coal etc. I wondered if the small claystone pits were sufficiently rich to afford their own oss! 🙂

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ttxela
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15 years ago

I'm loving these pictures, keep em coming!

Particularly like the chap standing proudly in front of the crashed engine - I'm guessing he wasn't the driver :lol:

thorpey
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15 years ago

a bit more modern than steam traction. Granate from Penmaenmawr for Tywyn coastal defence work this week
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Thorpey

Nut deep in water!

carnkie
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15 years ago

Wells Fargo Express Co. Deadwood Treasure Wagon and Guards with $250,000 gold bullion from the Great Homestake Mine, Deadwood, S.D., 1890.
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A fantastic set of photos spitfire.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

ICLOK
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15 years ago

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Totally mint pics mate.. the barrels one is fascinating but I love the incline base pics... seen plenty looking up but few showing the view onto the quay! Ace. Thanks for posting!

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carnkie
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15 years ago

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Don't know whether this counts. The tugboat Edna G, believed to be the last steam-powered, coal burning tugboat assigned an operating license on the Great Lakes. Used to transport ore carriers to the Two Harbors docks from 1896 until her retirement in 1981.

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

thorpey
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15 years ago

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more from tywyn
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thorpey :guns:

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thorpey
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15 years ago

#13

THIS ONE MIGHT COUNT ON A COUPLE OF SCALES
4 foot transporter wagon from padarn with some slate in 2 foot wagons being moved into the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
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Nut deep in water!

ChrisJC
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15 years ago

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"spitfire" wrote:
English side of the river

Eh?, what's on the other side of the river?

Chris.

JohnnearCfon
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15 years ago

#15

"ChrisJC" wrote:

"spitfire" wrote:
English side of the river

Eh?, what's on the other side of the river?

Chris.

Another part of England......

.....that wishes it wasn't! :lol:

chriscambo25
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15 years ago

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magirus at coniston old man bursting stone slate quarry 1974

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fleet of Dennis trucks at chipping sodbury 1949

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O&K loco"penlee" travelling from the quarry to Newlyn harbour 1920

chriscambo25
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15 years ago

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Why move your loads from face to crusher-just move the whole plant to where the work is !! from 1975

thorpey
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15 years ago

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more from tywyn
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Thorpey

Nut deep in water!

hymac580c
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15 years ago

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A 'steam Wagon' at Manod Granite Quarry (Madog Quarry), Blaenau Ffestiniog in the 1930's.

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Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.

Digit
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15 years ago

#20

"thorpey" wrote:
a bit more modern than steam traction. Granate from Penmaenmawr for Tywyn coastal defence work this week
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Thorpey

Please pardon my ignorance of my local area but how are they loading the granite onto the boat as there is no jetty at Penmaenmawr any more? Please don't tell me they are shipping it by road to Mostyn and loading the boat there or something like that!

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