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Great Little Trains of by Michael Lattimer Last July we spent an enjoyable week based at Dolgellau riding the ‘Great Little Trains of Wales’. The group of fifteen ranged from railway ‘anoraks’ to those looking for a change from the usual holiday. My wife has limited mobility and enjoyed the Welsh scenery from the comfort of a (usually) well appointed carriage. The holiday was well organised over six days by HF Holidays (see below for details) to fit in elev- en of these celebrated narrow-gauge lines. Wherever space allowed, footplate rides were offered and enthusiastically taken up.

Welsh Highland Railway

Most of these lines rely on diesel locomotives for day to day operations; steam usually appears on special occasions and during the high season. A few original steam locos are still in use but others have been recovered from private commercial operators or are newer builds. Each of these railways is different, with its own character reflecting the purpose for construction, the topography of the landscape and the history of preservation. The efforts of volunteers, grants and tourism underpin their existence. The highlight was the steam propelled journey to the top of Snowden, rewarded with clear views from the top - the clouds descended after we left. Here follows a brief summary of each line. Further details may be found on the various web sites and that of the corresponding Wikipedia pages. There are some excellent YouTube contributions. The Railway became the model for the use by narrow gauge railways across the world. Originally the slate deposits around were being exploited in small quantities and laboriously taken by pack animal and farm carts to the , thence by river boats downstream to the coast at for loading into sea-going sailing ships. This inefficient transportation was replaced by a horse and gravity system using a 23.5 inch gauge railway, corresponding to that being used in the quarries; wide enough to allow the horses to work efficiently when pulling the empty wagons and narrow enough to enable the railway to negotiate the sharp curves made necessary by the mountainous terrain. Thus the world’s oldest narrow gauge line opened 1836, with steam locomotives introduced in 1863. The Ffestiniog’s sister company is the , the UK’s longest , and a recent addition. It runs the 25 miles to through the to the village of and along the flanks of Snowdon. A large amount of the necessary equipment was sourced from South Africa including three NG/G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Beyer . The new £1.25 million Porthmadog Harbour Station offers greatly-improved passenger facilities and a convenient cross-platform interchange between it and the Ffestiniog. In Porthmadog there is the United Kingdom’s only mixed gauge flat rail crossing where the narrow gauge Highland crosses the Cambrian Coast standard gauge line on the level, see image below. (Continued on page 4) Newsletter 208 November 2015 2 Contents 2 Notices 3 Venues, Times & Contacts 1, 4 Great Little Trains of Wales by Michael Lattimer 6 Association for Industrial Archaeology News, the Bulletin of the AIA, Summer (173) and Autumn (174) 2015 report by Glenys Crocker 8 Return to Steam at Twyford Waterworks

New pattern of publication for the Surrey Industrial History Group Newsletter. With the rising cost of postage, it is no longer considered viable to send out a Newsletter six times a year. Instead, it will now be issued quarterly. An event diary will be produced for the whole of the three month period covered, as set out below: February, March & April May, June & July August, September & October November, December & January It is planned to send out each Newsletter before the beginning of each period, that is, in January, April, July and October. It is hoped that the total number of interesting pages over the year will remain high, but this does depend on contributions continuing to flow in from SIHG Members. My apologies that this issue is late, as, although I am now fit again, I have been unwell over the last ten days. JS

SIHG Newsletter No 208 November 2015 DIARY Enquires to Programme Co-ordinator Bob Bryson: 01483 577809, [email protected]. 40th series at Guildford of SIHG Industrial Archaeology Lectures (map: www.sihg.org.uk). alternate Tuesdays, 19:30-21:30, September 2015 - March 2016 Education Centre, The Cathedral, Guildford Non-member £40 full fee, SyAS/SIHG member £35. Single lectures at £5, payable on the night, are open to all. The full programme, with exact dates, is available online at www.sihg.org.uk.

Thursday Morning Lectures at Leatherhead, 10:00-12:00, Programme for Spring 2016 Room G6 The Institute, 67 High Street Leatherhead KT22 8AH Non-member full fee £50 SIHG member £45. (Please note that attendance is for the full course only.) 7 Jan George and - Geoff Roles, SIHG 14 Jan Fast Ladies - Tim Morris, Brooklands Trust Member 21 Jan Landscape and building materials in the SE - Geoffrey Mead, Sussex University 28 Jan The History of Photographic Images - Terry Pullen, WEA Lecturer 4 Feb Domes - Alan Thomas, SIHG 18 Feb The Merchant Navy in Wartime Pt ll - Richard Mellor 25 Feb A History of Town Gas - Ken Tythacott, SIHG 3 Mar Stainless Steel in Britain - David Dulieu 10 Mar Technology, Industry and The Napoleonic Wars - Roger Knight, University 17 Mar Members’ Talks

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SERIAC 2016 important date Saturday 23 April 2016 for hosted by Surrey Industrial History Group at Holy Cross Preparatory School your George Road (off Kingston Hill) Kingston upon Thames KT2 7NU Full programme and application form n the next SIHG Newletter. Details available soon at www.sihg.org.uk. diary!

A Railway at War - Exhibition Until 31 December at STEAM, Reading The Role of the GWR and its Employees during WW1 Newsletter 208 November 2015 3 Venues, Times & Contacts of Other Organisations Please check venues and times carefully. Most venues open 30 minute before the published time. Ancient Technology Centre : 10:00-16:00; £6; Damerham HIAS, Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society: 19:45, Road, Cranborne, Dorset BH21 5RP; (behind school); free; Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, Hants 01725 517618, www.ancienttechnologycentre.co.uk, SO30 4AF; www.hias.org.uk; 01962 855200. Brooklands: open Summer 10:00-17:00, Winter 10:00-16:00; IWA, Inland Waterways Association: £11/£9.90; Brooklands Rd, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QN; www.waterways.org.uk; 0203 612 9624. www.brooklandsmuseum.com; 01932 857381. KAS, Archaeological Society: http:// Basingstoke Canal, Surrey & Hants Canal Society: 20:00, www.kentarchaeology.org.uk. free; the Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Station Road, London Canal Museum: Open 10:00-16:30; Talks 19:30, £4/ Chobham GU24 8AZ; www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk. £3; 12/13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT; BIAG, Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group: 19:30; www.canalmuseum.org.uk; 0207 713 0836. £2.50; Garden Room, Watlington House, Watlington London Museum of Water and Steam: Green Dragon Lane, Street, Reading RG1 4RG ; www.biag.org.uk. Brentford, Middx TW8 0EN; Brunel Museum: Walks from Bermondsey Tube; just turn up www.waterandsteam.org.uk; 020 8568 4757. Wed 16:30, Sun 10:45; £9/£7. Museum of London Docklands: Mon-Sun: 10:00-18:00; no.1 Boat & train from Embankment tube station (not pier) for Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL; Brunel sites along the Thames; just turn up Tue/Thu/Sat www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands, 10:45; £9/£7 (+ transport costs). Museum: Railway Ave- [email protected], 020 7001 9844. nue, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4LF; 020 7231 3840. Newcomen Society London: 17:45, free; Fellows’ Room, Bursledon Brickworks: Open days £5/£4, Thu £3/£2; Coal Science Museum, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD; Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton SO31 7GW; http://newcomen.com. www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk; 01489 576248. Newcomen Society Birmingham: Thinktank, (B’ham Science Chatham Historic Dockyard: 10:00-18:00, £17.50/£15; Museum), Millennium Point, Aston University, Curzon Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ; Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B4 7XG. www.thedockyard.co.uk; 01634 823800. Newcomen Society Portsmouth: 18:30; free; Portland Build- CKA, Council for Kentish Archaeology: 7, Sandy Ridge, ing, University of Portsmouth, Saint James’s Street, Borough Green, TN15 8HP. Portsmouth PO1; http://newcomen.com. CNHSS, Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard : 10:00-17:30, site ticket, 19:45; free? UR Church Hall, Addiscombe Grove, annual £28/£26 HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LJ; E Croydon CR0 5LP; http://cnhss.co.uk; 0208 668 1431. www.historicdockyard.co.uk; 02392 728060. Crofton Beam Engines : 10:30-17:00; £8/£7; Crofton, Marl- Railway and Canal Historical Society :18:30, free? borough, Wiltshire SN8 3DW. The Rugby Tavern, Rugby Street, London WC1N 3ES; Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre: open some Sun, www.rchs.org.uk. 11:00-16:00, free; Reigate Caves, Wealden Cave & Mine Society: some Sats, Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon CR0 0XZ. 10:00-16:00, £3/£2; tours of Reigate Caves in Tunnel Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society: 20:00, £4; Northaw off High Street, Reigate; www.wcms.org.uk. Village Hall, 5 Northaw Road West, Northaw EN6 4NW; Rural Life Centre: open Summer Wed-Sun 10:00-17:00, www.cihs.org.uk. Winter Wed/Sun 10:00-16:00; £8.50/£7.50; Old Kiln Mu- Didcot Railway Centre: 10:30-17:00; £10.00/£9.50; Didcot seum, Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey GU10 2DL; Parkway railway station, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 7NJ; www.rural-life.org.uk; 01252 795571. www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk; 01235-817200. Saddlescombe: always viewable, 2 m N of A27 Brighton ring road Docklands History Group: 18:00, £2; Museum of London & 1 m S of A281; TQ273115. Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere SIAS, Sussex Industrial Archaeological Society : Rd, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AL; www.sussexias.co.uk. www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk; 01689 851982. STEAM - Museum of the : 10:00- DBRG, Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey): Usu- 16:00, £8/£6.50; Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2TA; al meeting place - East Horsley Village Hall, Kingston www.steam-museum.org.uk; 01793 466 646. Avenue, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QT (O.S. ref Subterranea Britannica: www.subbrit.org.uk. TQ091542): Kingston Avenue is at the end of a parade of Twyford Waterworks: 11:00-16:00, £5/£4; Hazeley Road, shops (Budgen supermarket on the corner). There is no Twyford, Hampshire SO21 1QA; need to book and non-members are welcome; free. www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk; 01962 714716. Ealing Local History Society: Ealing Library, Watercress Line, Mid Hants Railway: all day travel £14, Ealing Broadway Centre, south side of Ealing Broadway, free on non-running days; Station Rd, Alresford, Hants W5 5JY; at 18:15; £4. SO24 9JG; (or Station Rd, Alton, Hants GU34 2PZ); GLIAS, Greater London Industrial History Society: 18:30; www.watercressline.co.uk; 01962 733810. Swedenborgian Lecture Theatre, Barter Street by Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, 10:30-18:00, Kingsway Underground Station; www.glias.org.uk. £11.50/£10.50; Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 Greenwich Industrial History: 19:30, £1; Old Bakehouse, 0EU; www.wealddown.co.uk; 01243 811348. rear of Age Exchange Centre, opp Blackheath Stn, WACT, Wey & Arun Canal Trust: The Granary, Flitchfold Bennett Park, 11 Blackheath Village, SE3 9LA; no park- Farm, Loxwood, Billingshurst West Sussex, RH14 0RH; ing.; http://greenwichindustrialhistory.blogspot.com. 01403 752403, [email protected]. Guildford Museum: Castle Arch, Guildford, Surrey GU1 Whitchurch Silk Mill: Tue-Sun, bank hols, £4.50/£4; 28 Win- 3SX; Mons to Sats, 11:00-17:00 + Bank Holiday Mondays; chester Street, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7AL; www.guildford.gov.uk/museum, 01483 444751. www.whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk, 1256 892065. Diary November 2015 10 Tue SIHG Guildford Lecture Series: Agricultural Steam Mechanisation by Dr Jane McCutchan, Uni of Reading. 17 Tue SIHG Guildford Lecture Series: Tunnelling in the 1740s by Dr Bryan Lawton, Newcomen Society. Diary December 2015 8 Tue SIHG Guildford Lecture Series: Members’ Talks Evening (free). Diary January 2016 19 Tue SIHG Guildford Lecture Series: Water Power in Roman Gold Mining by Dr David Bird, President SyAS. Newsletter 208 November 2015 4 (Continued from page 1) The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway is a small, friendly operation where it claims the train ride is just part of the experience. The one mile journey to Pen-y-Mount Junction is where the railway connects with the WHR mainline. On the return journey, the train stops at Gelert’s Farm Halt, allowing passengers to visit the museum and workshops. This ‘hidden gem’ shows a well presented display of the history and working of the slate quarries. The varied history of the Highland lines is best understood from the Wikipedia entry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Welsh_Highland_Railway_restoration or http://www.festrail.co.uk/. Happy reading! The Fairbourne Steam Railway runs for 2 miles north from the village of Fairbourne alongside the beach to the Vale of Rheidol end of a peninsula opposite the seaside resort of Barmouth. Opened in 1902 as a link between local lead mines and the Opened in 1895 as a 2 ft gauge horse-drawn tramway to harbour at Aberystwyth, the carry building materials, it was converted in 1916 to a 15 in soon became a tourist service through the Rheidol steam gauge, and again in 1986 to 12¼ in gauge. The rail- Valley as the mining and timber trade declined. After a way has carried holidaymakers for over most of its history. varied history it was the last steam railway as part of ’s network when sold in 1989. The line was a considerable engineering feat, rising nearly 666 ft (200 metres) along its 11¾ mile (19 km) route to the summit at Devil’s Bridge. The Welshpool and Llanfair Railway opened in 1903 to provide a much needed access for the farming community around Llanfair Caereinion to the market town of Welsh- pool. Built as a 2 ft 6 in gauge Light Railway to avoid some of the costs of construction and to negotiate the tight curves and steep gradients of the Banwy Valley, it now serves as a tourist attraction through 8.5 miles (13.7 km) of pleasant rural landscape. Operated at first by the Cambrian Rail- ways, the line was taken over by the Great Western and then British Railways before closure in 1956.

Corris Railway The Railway replaced the use of pack ponies to carry slate from the quarries of the Afon Dulas valley to the nearest navigable point on the Afon Dyfi (River Dovey), where it was loaded into ships and carried to its diverse destinations. Built originally in 1859 as a 2 ft 3 in gauge horse and gravity worked tram road, by the 1860s the line was delivering to the standard gauge railway at . Three steam locomotives arrived in 1878. In 1948 the railway was one of the first to be closed by the newly nationalised British Railways and dismantled soon after. The surviving locomotives and rolling stock were taken over by the nearby . A museum opened in 1970 and passenger services Welshpool and Llanfair Railway recommenced in 2002 along a short stretch of line, with regular steam-hauled services returning in 2005. I man- All of the trains are steam hauled, either by one of the aged my turn on the footplate of No 7 for a short run unique original locomotives or from a collection culled sandwiched between the driver and fireman - there’s from overseas. The carriages in regular use are from little room in the cab of a 2 ft 3 in gauge loco. Plans to Hungary and Austria including four balcony ended extend further south towards Machynlleth are in place. coaches donated by the Austrian Zillertalbahn in 1968. Of note is the Rail Investigation Branch report of a The Talyllyn Railway runs for 7.25 miles (11.67 km) ‘runaway’ mishap 3 March 2010 in Bulletin 6/2010. from the coast at Tywyn to Nant Gwernol. Opened in 1866 to carry slate from the quarries at Bryn Eglwys to Tywyn, The 2 ft gauge , opened in 1972 using it suffered severe under-investment but survived partly as a a section of the former Ruabon - Barmouth GWR route, tourist attraction. The quarry finally closed in 1946, the line which had been closed in 1965. It follows the south- remaining open until 1950. The following year it became eastern shore of Bala Lake for 4½ miles (7.2 km). It is the first railway in the world to be preserved as a heritage planned to extend into Bala Town. There are four steam railway, run by volunteers under the leadership of the writ- locomotives, the oldest dating from 1885. er and transport enthusiast Tom Rolt. Much work followed in its rescue from the many years of neglect. (Continued on page 5) Newsletter 208 November 2015 5

splitting demonstration was filled with school children marvelling at the craft of dressing tiles. All of this is part of the heritage and economy of Wales. And there is nothing like the smell and hiss of a steam engine, the clickerty-clack track, the workshops, the chance of a footplate ride and the scenery. ¤ The holiday was organised by HF Holidays Limited, Catalyst House, 720 Centennial Court, Centennial Park, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3SY; web: www.hfholidays.co.uk, Bala Lake Railway

(Continued from page 4) The delightful little Lake Railway runs for 2.5 miles (4 km) along the northern shore of Llyn Padarn utilising part of the trackbed of the de- funct , which once connected the Dinor- wic Slate Quarry with the Menai Strait. The Padarn closed in 1961 and after various proposals, the Llanberis Lake opened with 1 ft 10¾ in gauge track in July 1971. Enthusiasts had obtained leases on part of the route and bought redundant quarry railway equipment. There are three original steam locos from the quarry plus several diesels. The popular Snowdon , the only public rack and pinion railway in the United Kingdom, 1 is an 800 mm gauge (2 ft 7 ⁄2 in). It was the Swiss who had significant experience in building rack locomotives, so they won the contract for the engines. Trains take an hour to run the 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon. The public opening Easter 1896 was marred when the first train derailed. The engine tumbled over the side of the mountain. Some way below, two climbers were aware of a boulder falling from above them, only to find that it was a that appeared out of the cloud. The rail- way did not reopen again until the following year. What was the overall impression of these railways and is this Industrial Archaeology? The Fairbourne carries holidaymakers; Llanberis and Bala are tourist attractions using existing trackbeds and preserved locomotives; the Snowdon always carried tourists and is still operating much as it ever did. The Corris is building a replica of an 1878 loco (donations welcome). The Welsh Highland uses South African Garratts. Some lines have been re-routed, especially in town centres. All must operate under the current regulations applying to railways and business in general. And so on. It was the enterprise of those who built the early tram- ways and promoted the narrow gauge lines that enabled the rapid growth of the slate quarries - ‘The most Welsh of Welsh industries’. Narrow gauge lines subsequently spread throughout the world. Now it is through the vision, the funding and the labour of thousands of volun- teers and supporters that the trackbeds and once decaying The unique crossover of standard and narrow gauge where infrastructure survive. Rolling stock has been retrieved the re-built Welsh Highland (narrow gauge) Railway crosses from many former private sidings and trackways and the Cambrian Coast line ‘on the level’ now is in use for the enjoyment of many. The remnants Image © Copyright Dewi and licensed for reuse under the of the Welsh slate industry remain. The National Slate Creative Commons Generic Licence, see Museum lies next to Llanberis Lake station - their slate- www.geograph.org.uk/photo/326160. Newsletter 208 November 2015 6

Association for Industrial Archaeology News, the Bulletin of the AIA, Summer and Autumn 2015 report by Glenys Crocker

The Summer 2015 issue (173) begins with ‘Gas holders The first article is a compilation by three participants of Part 2’ by Robert Carr, who observes that the attitude of the AIA spring tour to the Rhone valley. This had a different countries towards their gasworks varies from varied itinerary including the palatial but now empty dislike to reverence and our record of reuse in the UK is Royal Salt Works at Arc-et-Senans, sites of the silk not as good as that in some other countries. He has industry in Lyon, the Lyon waterworks and an interest- selected examples from ten European countries from a ing example displayed in the museum at Oyonnax of comprehensive gazetteer of surviving gasholders, many how an old cottage industry based on hand-worked of which have been imaginatively reused. wood and bone evolved into modern industry in the twentieth century. An article on ‘Heritage in Australia’ ‘Of Footpads and Highwaymen’ reports the completion by Owen Peake is presented in advance of an imminent of a 2-year community project to study the Blackett- tour to New South Wales organised by Heritage of Beaumont lead company archives in the north Pennines, Industry. in particular the criminal consequences of the system of paying the workers – regular small subsistence ‘New Uses for Old Mills in Stroudwater’ is an account payments and an annual ‘great pay’ requiring carrying by Jennifer Tann of the Stroudwater Textile Trust’s huge amounts of cash out to the workers at the mines. promotion of research on fulling/woollen mills and of their adaptive re-use. Derek Bayliss reports the unveiling and activation of the conserved Elsecar Newcomen engine, a scheduled In ‘Cellular Mobile Communications Heritage’ Andy monument bought in 1988 by Barnsley Council. After Sutton points out the inadequate recording of develop- much debate over how to restore it to working order it ments in the last 30 years and shows three sets of three was decided to use hydraulic power concealed in the photographs: cellular radio base station towers; column, pumping shaft. It will run on only a few days a year, lamp-post and rooftop installations; and non-standard advance booking essential. See experience-barnsley.com cellular installations. [See over the page for the correct or elsecar-heritage.com. nine images.] Michael Nevell reports on the progress of the University In ‘Limoges – Pottery and Transport’ Robert Carr of Salford’s excavations on the site of New Bailey describes the earlier practice of floating timber down the Prison in central Salford, ahead of urban regeneration. river Vienne to fuel the pottery kilns, the incidence of civil unrest and the operation of the Royal Limoges The career and interests of Frank Atkinson, Museum Direc- porcelain manufactory which dates from about 1797. It tor (1924-2014), ranging over a wide area of the North of was classified as an historic monument in 1987 and has England and notable for his achievements at Beamish a small museum which besides fine porcelain displays Museum, is reviewed in an obituary by Stafford M Linsley. other ceramic and electrical products. The summer issue includes the AIA Director’s Report Chris Barney commemorates the third centenary of the for the previous year and an appeal for nominations for death of Thomas Savery, whose early invention for rais- the Association’s Adaptive Reuse Award. ing water ‘by fire’, granted a patent in 1698, awaited the Letters to the editor include an appeal to protect the development of better materials. endangered Scotch derrick crane on the Thames river- The Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers Project grew out side at Rotherhithe, (see back cover image) and for news of public concern about the dereliction of the Dukesfield of any other Scotch derricks remaining in English seaports; Arches, a grade 2 listed structure of gothic design on the the 2014 Chester conference prompts letters about Chester ‘lead road’ from the smelting works at Dukesfield near 40 years ago and the Birkenhead tram used on one of the Hexham, which closed in 1835, to the Tyne at Blaydon. conference visits; a question about the use of animal and Since 2011 a wide-ranging community project on the water-power in domestic butter churning is prompted by history of the lead industry in the area has been under- a book ‘Discovering the Historic Houses of ’ taken with great enthusiasm and with Heritage Lottery by R Suggett and M Dunn. Finally there are six pages of funding. A closing ceremony with Lord Allendale was short items of news and announcements and a list of held on 7 June 2015. publications received. The National Heritage Landmarks Partnership Scheme announces six new projects, of There are reports on the progress of AIA restoration which two are in the South-east: Bursledon Brickworks, projects and announcements of AIA Awards – for Hampshire and Mail Rail, London. Archaeological Reports, Digital Initiative and Innova- tion, Outstanding Scholarship and Adaptive Re-use. IA News 174 has a cover photograph of the early Short news items include new evidence of the Haytor Stevenson cast-iron light of Scalasaig, whose restoration Granite Tramroad and an enforcement notice issued to has been funded by an AIA restoration grant. The Presi- the developers who demolished the historic Carlton dent of the AIA, Professor Marilyn Palmer, is congratulat- Tavern in London to rebuild it brick by brick. The ed on being awarded the MBE for services to industrial colour photograph on the back cover of the AIA News archaeology and heritage. It is reported that the Forth shows the painting of velvet at L’Atelier du Solerie as Bridge was one of 24 cultural sites added to the list of seen on the Rhone trip. ¤ World Heritage Sites in July. Newsletter 208 November 2015 7

Cellular Mobile Communications Heritage from AIA News 174, Autumn 2015

These are the images as they should have appeared in AIA News 174. See www.industrial- archaeology.org/acellular.htm. Figure 1: Cellular base station towers.

Many thanks to all who have sent in contributions. Please send in reports Figure 2: Column, or photos of holiday lamppost visits and rooftop or thoughts on local, (with stub tower) national or installations. international Industrial Archaeology by 20 January 2016 for the next SIHG Newsletter! Any articles or images, whether long or just a Figure 3: Non-standard a brief note will be cellular appreciated - installations. both by the editor and by the readers!

The ‘Red Crane’, an endangered Scotch derrick, on Odessa Street, Rotherhithe, London. See previous page and http://russiadock.blogspot.co.uk/, Tuesday October 6 2015 and Wednesday August 21 2013. Newsletter 208 November 2015 8

Return to Steam at Twyford Waterworks £820,000 confirmed Heritage Lottery Fund award

Still commercially pumping 5 million gallons of water a day, Twyford Waterworks, which nestles in a rural chalk downland setting in the heart of Hampshire and within the South Downs National Park, is also a ‘time capsule’ of engineering, showcasing the com- plete history of water pumping through the eras. From Edwardian steam, through to 1930s diesel, 1950s electricity and right up to today’s modern technology, the historic site has been described by English Heritage as ‘exceptional’. Containing nearly all its original equipment from the past 100 years including five large lime kilns, a water-powered narrow gauge incline railway, water-driven lime mixing equipment and the entire water softening process, most of the Waterworks is now managed by Twyford Waterworks Trust and is run and kept alive by a team of 40 passionate volunteers and nearly 200 Friends. HLF funds will now mean that the huge towering his- toric steam boilers and pumping engine will be re- stored to enthral visitors and bring the site back to life and back into steam. There will be new interpre- tation for visitors, and a new workshop facility will also mean that vital skills can be passed on to a new generation of volunteers so that the waterworks – once an important employer in Twyford Village – Return to Steam at Twyford Waterworks can be brought back to the heart of the community. The 1914 Hathorn Davy triple expansion steam engine. See details at Image © Copyright Peter Facey and licensed for www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/ » News. reuse under the Creative Commons Licence, see www.geograph.org.uk/photo/33860,

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