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From: "Andrew Hurrell" <[log in to unmask]> To: "David Hardwick" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Beam Engine House at Rockley, Barnsley. Dear list Rockley is one of the sites for which I am 'Custodian'. The only details I have of the engine is that it was an 'Atmospheric engine', dated to 1813 and was sold on for reuse in Chapeltown (a few miles away) about 1870. Mine was for iron and only seems to have opened after the blast furnace closed. A plan I have that shows the coal workings does not show the mine, but there is a large area that is unworked. The enginehouse makes a fantastic site, but it is more than we can do to stop it disappearing into the undergrowth every summer. For the record, the chimney is built into one corner of the building, but the boilerhouse is long gone. Our webpage for Rockley is:- www.topforge.co.uk\Other%20Prop.htm Regards Andrew Hurrell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Hardwick" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: Beam Engine House at Rockley, Barnsley. > > > > > ..... A tall square castellated tower with no other apparent adjacent > > buildings,.... > > > > Is this the same building tha appears in the photograph on p113 of "The > > steam engines of Thomas Newcomen" - by LTC Rolt & JS Allen? > > > > described as > > "Remains of a castellated engine house at Birdwell, near Barnsley. This > had > > an atmospheric engine built in 1813 and drained ironstone mines." > > > > Regards > > > > David > > > >