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Hadden Road, SE28 0FT

The storage yard of a plastics manufacturer. See http://www.hunterplastics.co.uk

This works appears to have been demolished and the location is approximate using an old post code. There were parts of 12 stationary steam engines here and three fellow members of the Stationary Engine Research Group are seen recording them. The group is now the International Stationary Steam Engine Society.

Despite the rural sounding name, this "ridgeway" is no more than a footpath along the top of the embankment of London's southern outfall sewer. This is a view from the top of the steps at the northern end of White Hart Road, looking towards Woolwich. The rightmost of the three towers is the new Akira Heights development Image For the view in the opposite direction see Image

I have not managed to identify the company or nature of business carried on here.

This works now appears to have been demolished and the location is an approximation from its post code. The late George Cooper is looking at the sorry remains of a Davey Paxman tandem compound with drop valves. This was the largest of 12 engines that were being stored on site. Dumped would have been a better word and I believe they have subsequently been scrapped, although some of the smaller engines might have changed hands. This is the Paxman engine in better days - Image There is a small enclosed engine lying on its side in front of George.

The position is an approximation based on an old post code and is in a now demolished works. This shows parts of 12 stationary steam engines plus other machinery that were being stored here although dumped would be a better word. They were collected with good intentions but I believe they have now been scrapped. The owner kindly arranged access via security on a Saturday afternoon after a busy day in London. The pictures taken by the four of us are probably quite unique as I doubt many others ventured out here.

This works has apparently been demolished and this approximate position is based on an old post code. These remains are part of a Davey Paxman engine with Lentz valve gear. It was one of only two survivors in the UK but has since been scrapped. Here is a view of it in better days - Image

There is a corresponding set of steps up from White Hart Road on the other side of the embankment, providing a pedestrian-only link across the Ridgeway, which is a major barrier to vehicular traffic. Across the road is Maestro Pressure Cookers, one of many industrial units along Nathan Way.

Viewed from the Ridgeway.

An entrance to the Ridgeway, a walking and cycling path which runs along the top of the Southern Outfall Sewer in south east London. In addition to steps, there is a ramp which enables cyclists and people using wheelchairs to access the path.