tarboat's photos with the keyword: boilers

Boilers sleeping in the remains of their building at the Cheadle bleachworks.

Derelict boilers amidst the remains of the Cheadle Bleachworks. The site was cleared for housing soon after I took this photo.

Probably the best surviving features at the Cheadle Bleachworks at the time of this photo were the two boilers. The Lancashire type to the right and the more modern oil or gas fired successor on the left. I strongly suspect that the white insulation that was lying all around was asbestos.

Disused Cornish boilers are scattered across the ground adjacent to Taylor's Shaft at the Moonta Copper Mines in South Australia. These vessels have been used for water storage after their steamraising days were over. Richman's 1869 enginehouse which housed a 32 inch Cornish beam engine driving crushing and concentration machinery stands in the background. The large tailings dump was reworked by leaching with seawater in the 1920s and 30s and the terraced effect dates from those times.

Probably the best surviving features at the Cheadle Bleachworks at the time of this photo were the two boilers. The Lancashire type to the right and the more modern oil or gas fired successor on the left. I strongly suspect that the white insulation that was lying all around was asbestos.

The front end of the boilerhouse at a disused textile mill.

A second view of the boilerhouse visited on the adventures with Shaggy yesterday. Three Lancashire boilers with the dampers at the front of the view.