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judderman62
27-09-2009, 10:41 PM
So after my unfortunate :fail at creams today I decide to get myself to this place. Website here: http://www.agcm.org.uk/

Interesting place and they have a couple of winding engines that are apparently the largest ever used in England and one of the guys reckoned in Europe - they were pretty awesome. anthoo on with the pics:

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judderman62
27-09-2009, 10:53 PM
and some more

slightly bigger than the steam powered crane I posted last week
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boxfrenzy
28-09-2009, 07:39 AM
Looks a nice place to visit.
The crane at the end was built in Leeds. Am I a crane expert? No, I took this a few months ago:
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Rodley is a part of Leeds, fact fans.