A rather apt explore after exploring an Iron Works earlier in the morning! After Stanton, Mookster and I headed for this little industrial Gem and met Mattdonut and James Smith inside.
It was a bit of a trek through some undergrowth and tumbledown sheds full of all the old moulds and casts...
The history of Coalbrookdale foundry dates back all the way to 1572 when the land was passed to John Brooke who developed coal mining there on a substantial scale. A blast furnace was built at the site to produce iron, which blew up in 1703. It remained derelict until the arrival of Abraham...
So after collecting Mookster Early/Mid Morning from Bicester Village, we set off up the M40/M1 to a lovely location 103 miles north in Derby. We arrived and made our way in only to have our morning ruined prematurely by a Council Worker.
We decided to just head off to our back up location...
[CENTER]Myself and Landie Man set off to Derbyshire in search of industrial derpiness, and things didn't really go to plan. We got sprung by a nosey council worker clearing tree debris on what should have been one of the easiest of easy walk in explores so disheartened put the backup mode into...
History
Castmaster Roll, which has operated for over one hundred years, is a former foundry and manufacturing firm located in Sheffield. It was originally known as Davy Roll, the producer of gas lamps, but was renamed in 2003 after it was taken over by Mel Farrar. Castmaster specialised in...
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Little foundry 01 by MiaroDigital, on Flickr
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Little foundry 02 by MiaroDigital, on Flickr
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Little foundry 03 by MiaroDigital, on Flickr
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Little foundry 04 by MiaroDigital, on Flickr
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Little foundry 05 by MiaroDigital, on Flickr
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GießereiWestfalia01 von MiaroDigital auf Flickr
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GießereiWestfalia02 von MiaroDigital auf Flickr
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GießereiWestfalia03 von MiaroDigital auf Flickr
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GießereiWestfalia04 von MiaroDigital auf Flickr
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GießereiWestfalia05 von MiaroDigital auf Flickr
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Myself and Jesus out on a nice countryside wonder to do a recce on this industrial beauty. Will head back very soon. Expect a BIG report ;)
For now, have some arty farty photos :D
Hope you like 8-)