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TK421
07-02-2010, 09:55 PM
Don't get excited, I didn't get in:(

Some interesting shots however from the exterior, I visited this place to see some abandoned ERF's I had come across on another forum, and I had hoped to have a look round the mill too. It was pretty well shored up, with active CCTV, and the one way in that might have worked was directly opposite a tea rooms, with a couple of coppers sat slurping a brew - :fail

The mill dates from 1799 and closed as long ago as 1979:

Here are the beasts I was after (ERF A series (left), ERF LV (right):

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0051-3.jpg

Lock gates with the mill in the background:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0036-1.jpg

Water run off from the internal water wheel:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0071-5.jpg

Loading door:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0083-2.jpg

Water run off to the canal:

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0074-4.jpg

Oh well, I will have another go shortly :thumb

TK421
08-02-2010, 12:22 AM
More of the trucks

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0044-4.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0045-2.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff256/carterdeltic/DSC_0056-1.jpg