IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Hempton Road, FAKENHAM, NR21 7LA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Hempton Road, NR21 7LA 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.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (143 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
The Booster Room
Housing a pump Image, it is now filled with extra items that can't find a home for the moment.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
2
Fakenham Gas Works
A general view of the site from the remaining gas holder with the retort house being the building in front.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
3
Fakenham Gas Works
A view from the outside of Fakenham Gas Works and local history (inc Geology) museum. Open on most bank holidays and selected week days during the year.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
4
Iron Sponge Regeneration Area
Spent iron rich chippings (or sponge) from the purifier were removed from the purifier next to this roofed area. The 'spent oxide' is dug out and spread inside this low walled, roofed enclosure where it reacts with the oxygen in the air, the iron oxide reforms and the sulphur crystallises out. This produced a rather unpleasant rotten eggs smell as there was some hydrogen sulphide still in the mix. The regenerated iron sponge was put back into the tanks until the proportion of sulphur reached about 40 percent, at which point it was processed to recover the sulphur. The sulphur rich spent oxide was shipped out in barrels to have the sulphur recovered, meanwhile the empty purifier was re-filled with fresh 'iron sponge'.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
5
Gas Meter Dial
A view of the dial on the gas works meter.
The Gasmeter Company
West and Gregson
Oldham
I wonder when they went under
Image
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
6
The Ashpit
A view of the ashpit, one of two in the retort house. A panel would have been removed and someone had to go and dig out the ash from the furnace. It would have been dumped after that.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
7
Gas Retort and Furnace
A view of a retort and the furnace next to it. The furnace was often fired by the coke produced by the retorts. Long tools were used by stokers to haul out the very hot coke and restoke the retorts.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
8
The Foreman's Cottage and Street Lamp
The foreman's cottage at the works, where the man in charge lived. It now houses the local history of Fakenham and upstairs the displays are under renovation.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
9
The Tar Tank
All tar and ammonia plus other liquids where drained here for further usage. The pump can be seen for pumping tar out.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles
10
The Washer/Purifier
After coming from the pump room the gas was forced though small hole plates, creating small bubbles. This was in lime water and resulted in most of the ammonia being 'washed out'. The remaining liquid, being ammonia rich, was drained into the tar tank.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.01 miles