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deputy
08-04-2009, 08:01 PM
Here are some pics from the last remaining headstocks in the Leen Valley. This site is 90% flattened already but a stand was made to keep the last headstock (unforunately it was lost). So the brave (pfft) Deputy, Mirage and Illusion climbed up and took what could probably be the last pictures. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3423951568_4d70c26a59.jpg
and nervously from the top
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/3423143095_c4d6759030.jpg

it was 48 steps to a dodgy platform from the first rooftop
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/3419222954_982e4b38f4.jpg

anyone want any history, I used to work there as a ...... Deputy

sinnerman
08-04-2009, 08:31 PM
god that yard looks empty now was there anything left of the winding houses or the fan drift, see the bath house is still just about there.

When i visited just over two years ago there was a tramp living in the electrical workshop but it was still packed full of fitters spairs and colliery litrature dating back to the NCB days bet its all gone in a skip now though.

you used to be a deputy eh, nice to have an old colier on board.

boxfrenzy
08-04-2009, 08:42 PM
Excellent mate. Really good. I love these sorts of things.

industry
08-04-2009, 09:25 PM
Good to see the pictures, you used to work there... Very interesting, am am sure you have many stories to tell us all...

BB
09-04-2009, 01:37 AM
Looks interesting :)

deputy
09-04-2009, 07:11 AM
here is the inside looking up at the sawn off guide ropes and detatching hook for the cagehttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3340/3423950730_48b97cc1c1.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3423143197_9460536fe2_o.jpg

view south at the very top taken by Mirage

sinnerman
09-04-2009, 07:50 AM
well that last shot awnsers my question, the winding houses are gone.

KingElvis
09-04-2009, 08:10 AM
Nice mate, would like to climb this myself just to say I've done one.

sqwasher
09-04-2009, 09:00 AM
Really interesting post & always good to see this sort of stuff! Nice one! :thumb

deputy
09-04-2009, 06:49 PM
Well done bud, great pic's :thumb Have you got any from inside the building?

this shows the concrete plug on the site hwhere the shaft was, the meshed part at the rear was the gates to enter the cages, top and bottom decks.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3427178758_8d2a770d05.jpg

pic taken by Mirage