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Carrier Lane, BRADFORD, BD2 3FX

This was built in 1914 by Brooksbank & Birch of Shipley.

The simplest form of crane, with a large block of dressed stone acting as the kentledge or counterweight.

The mill would of course have been steam powered originally (1875 was too late for a new water mill) with water being pumped from a mill pond to the north of the site. At some time an electricity supply was added.

This sculpture, by Johnny White, was made from engine parts from the old mill.

At one time clean, quiet, smell free trolley buses were a common sight in many British towns and cities as can be seen in old photographs showing this type of heavy duty wiring hanging over the streets. I suppose that was a bit of a drawback, but other places around the world seem to deal with it without too much bother. Are there any trolley buses still running in this country? A short section of wiring is here in the parking lot at the back of Bradford Industrial Museum. They have a preserved Bradford trolley bus inside. Maybe they bring it out here sometimes.

This is the 1921 Newton, Bean & Mitchell uniflow engine from Linton Mill Image This view includes the Eastwood patent isochronous governor that adjusts the cut off of the positively actuated piston drop valves. The engine also has automatic compression relief valves. This was seen in steam and the fact that several covers are off allowed me to immediately appreciate the way that the governor adjusts the main steam valve eccentrics - something that had been troubling me for the best part of a year.

This is an example of a lineshaft driven workshop with a multiplicity of machine tools driven by belt from overhead shafts. Once commonplace, it is now rare to find genuine examples of this technology.

This is a reproduction of a vehicle made in 1890.

An attractive group of cottages off Moorside Road.

Horsedrawn steam fire engine in the stables area. This is by Shand Mason.