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Coniscliffe Road, DARLINGTON, DL3 8TD

The Milestone is located on grass verge on the South of the road.  Parish of Low Coniscliffe And Merrybent (Darlington District). Carved stone post, BC/D stone design, erected by the Stockton & Barnard Castle turnpike trust in the 18th Century, part buried underground. An earlier photograph can be found here: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5624048  Inscription reads:- BC / (14) : : D / (2) Milestone Society National ID: DU_DABC02

Carved stone post by the A67, in parish of LOW CONISCLIFFE AND MERRYBENT (DARLINGTON District), Conniscliffe Road, Broken Brae carpark, near pumping station, on grass verge, on South side of road, just West of car park entrance. BC/D stone, erected by the Stockton & Barnard Castle turnpike trust in the 18th century. Inscription reads:- : BC / (14) : : D / (2) : (To Barnard Castle and Darlington) Milestone Society National ID: DU_DABC02.

The Broken Scar car park on the outskirts of Darlington is on the south side of the A67 between that road and the River Tees.

A twin cylinder gas engine by Richard Hornsby Ltd of Grantham. Built in 1914 as No. 43997 of 220 brake horsepower. It burnt producer gas but is now run on one cylinder only. It drives two sets of Hathorn, Davey pumps by a flat belt.

A twin cylinder gas engine by Richard Hornsby Ltd of Grantham. Built in 1914 as No. 43997 of 220 brake horsepower. It burnt producer gas but is now run on one cylinder only using propane.

A twin cylinder gas engine by Richard Hornsby Ltd of Grantham. Built in 1914 as No. 43997 of 220 brake horsepower. It burnt producer gas but is now run on one cylinder only using propane. This is just one side of the engine. The flywheel is between the two cylinders.

A twin cylinder gas engine by Richard Hornsby Ltd of Grantham. Built in 1914 as No. 43997 of 220 brake horsepower. It burnt producer gas but is now run on one cylinder only using propane.

On 22 March 2016 a special event was held at this preserved water pumping station to celebrate the centenary of its suction gas engine. The engine is a Richard Hornsby & Sons Ltd horizontal twin cylinder and had been installed in 1914. However, the site was closed during 2014 and 2015 for urgent repairs and this was the earliest opportunity to celebrate the engine's centenary. The engine had originally worked on suction gas produced in a gas producer but is now run on bottled gas. The gas producer was also made by Richard Hornby but major parts were later replaced by Ruston and Hornsby. The engine produced 220 horsepower and ran until 1926. It is thought to be one of the largest workable gas engines in Europe.

These reciprocating pumps are housed in a pump room built in 1853 for beam engine driven pumps. These pumps were built in 1914 by Hathorn, Davey of Leeds and driven by a Richard Hornsby gas engine. This plant ran until 1926 and was then retained on standby until the end of WWII.

These reciprocating pumps are housed in a pump room built in 1853 for beam engine driven pumps. These pumps were built in 1914 by Hathorn, Davey of Leeds and driven by a Richard Hornsby gas engine. This plant ran until 1926 and was then retained on standby until the end of WWII.