IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Grayling Way, WORKINGTON, CA14 3FE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Grayling Way, CA14 3FE by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (9 Images Found)
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BSC Moss Bay works, steam rolling mill engine.
This was the last reversing rolling mill engine in a British steel works and it was due to be retired within a week or so. So this was a real last ditch effort to see it at work, including overnight bus and rail travel. This duplex engine was built by Davy Bros, Sheffield c1890 and rebuilt by Walker Bros, Wigan in 1944. It produced 1200 horepower from piston valve cylinders 32" bore by 48" stroke. The reversing gear was Allan straight link and there was a steam reverser on the frame just to the left of the blurred crank.
George Watkins published a picture of this but you are unlikely to see many others.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Nov 1981
0.13 miles
2
BSC Moss Bay, rolling mill
The mill that was driven by the last working steam rolling mill in a British steel works. This works specialised in rails. Iron making on site had not long been discontinued and we saw the boiler plant and power house with the turbo-blowers for the blast furnaces and a Parsons 15 MW turbo-alternator set. I very foolishly didn't take any pictures of the power house or boilers (you live and learn - I wonder what I'm not photographing today that I will regret in 20+ years).
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Nov 1981
0.13 miles
3
British Steel Corporation Moss Bay Works - steam rolling mill engine
This was the last reversing rolling mill engine in a British steel works and it was due to be retired within a week or so. So this was a real last ditch effort to see it at work, including overnight bus and rail travel. This duplex engine was built by Davy Bros, Sheffield c1890 and rebuilt by Walker Bros, Wigan in 1944. It produced 1200 horsepower from piston valve cylinders 32" bore by 48" stroke. The reversing gear was Allan straight link and there was a steam reverser on the frame more or less in the centre of the picture.
George Watkins published a picture of this but you are unlikely to see many others.
It appears that this part of the site has now been cleared.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 13 Nov 1981
0.13 miles
4
Corus Steel Works from Harrington Harbour
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 4 May 2007
0.13 miles
5
Kerry Park Trading Estate, Workington
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 2 Aug 2007
0.14 miles
6
New industrial units
A small development of 8 industrial units off Lakes Road
Image: © Alexander P Kapp
Taken: 2 Aug 2007
0.18 miles
7
Corus Steel rail mill.
Reservoirs long gone but the production of railway lines is still going on.
Image: © John Holmes
Taken: 9 Dec 2005
0.18 miles
9
Rail Siding at Steelworks
The steelworks are the last vestiges of the industry in Workington, currently making continuous rail lines, but under threat.
Image: © Bob Jenkins
Taken: 9 Dec 2005
0.21 miles