Review
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE - Industry People Transport. Vol 26 No 4 Winter 2000
44 pp photos, colour cover. Price for a one year subscription £11.50
(includes p & p), from Yorkshire History, Proctor House, Kirkgate, Settle, N
Yorks BD24 9DZ
This larger than usual issue has plenty to interest the industrial
archaeologist cum mining historian:
The “Dorothy Pax” is the last remaining timber sailing keel by John
Keavey. This is a special boat with a wide beam of 15 feet and a length
of 61 feet. The keels were built not only to navigate the Broad Canals
of Yorkshire but also to sail the treacherous tidal Humber estuary, in
order to reach Hull Docks with cargoes that included, coal, iron and
steel.
The Castle Mill at Quermore: the water powered mill in rural landscape by J
W A Price. Built in 1818 and now in ruins, this is a fitting time to
publish a good description.
Fire!? Things Phoenix by Rota. Founded in 1781 the “New Fire Office”
later to become the “Phoenix Assurance Company of London” started by
mapping the town, an essential prerequisite for an insurance company with
its own fire brigade. In 1975 the Phoenix joined with the Deutscher
Automobil Schutz of Munich in setting up a new company the DAS Legal
Expenses Insurance Co Ltd.
King’s Cross `Lighthouse’ by Robert Carr. The Greater London Industrial
Archaeology Society describe a visit to this unusual building.
The London and Birmingham Railway in Early 1838 (part two) by Peter S
Richards. The biggest engineering problem was the Kilsby Tunnel. The
excavations hit quicksand and 18 or 20 navvies were drowned. The
contractor was so upset he killed himself.
News From the South / News From the North. A touch of the Watford Gap?
describes the latest happenings in the world of IA.
The advertisement for The Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre caught my
imagination. They stock a wide range of books on explosives and
gunpowder.
John Keavey 1922 - 2000 A fitting obituary to man who, in 1974, edited
Industrial Past, later renamed Industrial Heritage. He published bus
and train timetables, and also formed the Embsay and Grassington Railway
Preservation Society. He was one of the early pioneers of both
Industrial Archaeology and Railway Preservation and his death is a great
loss to both.
The Ellenroad Engine House (Milnrow near Rochdale, Lancs). This former
cotton mill was powered by a 3000 hp, triple expansion horizontal steam
engine. The Ellenroad Trust took over the site in 1985 and organises
events etc. It costs £100 worth of coal to fire up to steam. The site
also houses the Whitelees Beam Engine and several steam-driven enerators
and pumps.
Something to interest everybody.
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