Victorian engineering architecture.

[gbb]

antasrail.co.uk/harringworth_shuttles_07.htm

Link above does it justice, im always impressed as i ride inder it. Some lovely cointryside out there...Harringworth Viaduct, built mid to late 1800s.

 

[Cuchilo]

Have you visited the Kew Bridge Steam Museum in west London? Every once in a while (monthly?), they have all the engines running on steam, including a massive beam engine from a Cornish tin mine.

The water works in Hanworth / Kempton has open days where you can see the huge water pumps working and then drive a steam train around the Hanworth loop . The waterworks buildings are rather impressive as well .
http://www.kemptonsteam.org/

 

[Levo-Lon]

antasrail.co.uk/harringworth_shuttles_07.htm

Link above does it justice, im always impressed as i ride inder it. Some lovely cointryside out there...Harringworth Viaduct, built mid to late 1800s.

With added Italian style

 

[Levo-Lon]

I love Tudor,Edwardian and Victorian buildings and engineering feats..
i think its the work that went into them, and the sense of proportions..

 

[Globalti]

The engineering that most impresses me is the least visible; the aqueduct that carries the water from Thirlmere to Heaton Park in Manchester. It was built between 1890 and 1925 and the water takes just over a day to do the 96 mile journey, with a fall of 20 inches per mile. Setting this out must have been quite a feat although by then engineers must have accumulated a lot of knowledge from building canals, which face the same topographical challenges but can use locks to climb and descend. Cycling around Lancashire you sometimes see the visible bits, which are the valve houses.

 

[vernon]

The engineering that most impresses me is the least visible; the aqueduct that carries the water from Thirlmere to Heaton Park in Manchester. It was built between 1890 and 1925 and the water takes just over a day to do the 96 mile journey, with a fall of 20 inches per mile. Setting this out must have been quite a feat although by then engineers must have accumulated a lot of knowledge from building canals, which face the same topographical challenges but can use locks to climb and descend. Cycling around Lancashire you sometimes see the visible bits, which are the valve houses.

Have a listen to this Radio Four program which explores the aqueduct from the inside. I pulled into a car park and listened to the program in its entirety without the distractions of having to cope with traffic when it was first broadcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008h3xk

 

[Katherine]

The engineering that most impresses me is the least visible; the aqueduct that carries the water from Thirlmere to Heaton Park in Manchester. It was built between 1890 and 1925 and the water takes just over a day to do the 96 mile journey, with a fall of 20 inches per mile. Setting this out must have been quite a feat although by then engineers must have accumulated a lot of knowledge from building canals, which face the same topographical challenges but can use locks to climb and descend. Cycling around Lancashire you sometimes see the visible bits, which are the valve houses.

Have a listen to this Radio Four program which explores the aqueduct from the inside. I pulled into a car park and listened to the program in its entirety without the distractions of having to cope with traffic when it was first broadcast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008h3xk

I saw a fascinating program about it, when they did a survey and some repair work on it recently. It didn't need much.
I think it was last year, but it may have been the year before.

 

[Globalti]

Thanks, I'll listen to this tonight when I can concentrate.

 

[Piemaster]

Maua drydock in Rio, Brazil.

Not British? Well, the dock gates (photo taken standing on one) were built on the Tyne, and they still use 2 triple expansion steam engines to drive the pumps that empty the dock. Unfortunately I can't find the photos I have of them when they were in steam.

 

[Over The Hill]

Chalfont Viaduct.
Not the prettiest but I just love that it is just the right size to fit the M25 under it that came along 130 years later.


And I like peas.

 

[PeteXXX]

antasrail.co.uk/harringworth_shuttles_07.htm

Link above does it justice, im always impressed as i ride inder it. Some lovely cointryside out there...Harringworth Viaduct, built mid to late 1800s.

I've cycled under and around the viaduct several times.. As you, I'm always impressed with the structure and engineering that has gone into it!

 

[PeteXXX]

I love visiting Papplewick Pumping Station near Nottingham.. Wonderful old place!

 

[Spinney]

Ribblehead, with bonus steam train... (not my pic, sadly!)

 

[vernon]

Ribblehead, with bonus steam train... (not my pic, sadly!)
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There will be a temporary curtailment of steam services and, indeed all rail services on the Settle Carlisle line. There's no rail service between Appleby and Carlisle has been closed because of flood induced slippage in the track bed. A closure of several months is envisaged.

 

[avsd]

This one is the Silent Valley Overflow in the Mourne Mountains. Ireland.