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Other Brandy Bottom Pages
As well as an introductory page, the other Brandy Bottom pages cover the history, and the AIBT's conservation work at the site. The latter is divided into a summary of progress at work parties, plus several pages of photos of the work parties, finds,and nature. There are also images of the display boards, and a page with a location map, plus directions to the site and the dates of work parties.
BUILDINGS
View along the line of the old railway track in 1985. The Brandy bottom chimney can be seen above and to the left of the platelayers hut, while the chimneys of the Shortwood brickworks can be seen in the distance. Photo by T Rendall
Fan ducts from inside heapstead, January 2005. The arched opening can be seen on the left of the following picture. Photo by Steve Grudgings
Chimney and Cornish Engine House, May 2005. Photo by Steve Grudgings
Cornish Engine House, June 2005. Photo by M Adams
Fan ducts, June 2005. Photo by M Adams
Close up of wall of New Pit heapstead, June 2005. Photo by M Adams
Cornish Engine House from South Pit heapstead, July 2011
Close up of stones in the wall of the South Pit heapstead, September 2011.
New Pit heapstead on left, with Horizontal Engine House half hidden behind tree on right, March 2012. The arched entrance on the left is the Fan Drift opening.
Cornish Engine House and South Pit heapstead, looking south from Vertical Engine House, June 2012. A view of the wall after it was rebuilt can be seen in a later photo.
Two halves of a 20 ft diameter mine winding wheel, located on either side of the cycle path in September 2013. They were brought on site from elsewhere, possibly the Lady Windsor colliery near Nantgarw, by Sustrans in either the 1980s or 1990s, and are placed at the point where the cycle path crosses the route of an old Roman road. While the cycle path generally follows the line of the railway, here Sustrans diverted it onto the line of the Dramway so that it ran alongside Brandy Bottom. The makers were Thompson & Southwick, Tamworth, and a close up of their logo can be found on the buildings and conservation page. September 2013
Collapsed brickwork at the base of chimney in Old Boiler House, July 2013. A later photo shows this area after it was rebuilt in 2014 and 2015.
Close-up of bricked up flue in Old Boiler House. November 2013
The base of the chimney has been built from alternate layers of white and blue lias, February 2014.
The view of the Old Pit heapstead, seen from the cycle path in April 2016, is obscured by the bushes growing in front of the boundary fence ...
... while the structure can be seen more clearly after the bushes in front of the fence were cut back in February 2017.
The view of the Horizontal Engine House, seen here from the cycle path in April 2016, is obscured by the willow tree growing behind the stone stockpile ...
... while it can be seen clearly after the willow had been cut back in February 2017.
The view of the Horizontal Engine House, seen here from the Old Pit heapstead in May 2016, is obscured by the trees ...
... and the effect of cutting down the willow in February 2017.
Looking along the top of the Horizontal Engine House towards the Old Pit in October 2014 ...
... and in February 2017.
Old Pit heapstead from the cycle path, April 2017
View, taken in June 2017, of the Old Pit heapstead from the cycle path, with the chimney in the background and the Cornish Engine House on the left.
Aerial view of the Old Pit, April 2018. (Photo by P Hodson)
Aerial view of the New Pit, April 2018. (Photo by P Hodson)
Aerial view of the chimney, April 2018. (Photo by P Hodson)
Unless otherwise stated, the photos are by R Whitworth.
Other Brandy Bottom Pages
As well as an introductory page, the other Brandy Bottom pages cover the history, and the AIBT's conservation work at the site. The latter is divided into a summary of progress at work parties, plus several pages of photos of the work parties, finds,and nature. There are also images of the display boards, and a page with a location map, plus directions to the site and the dates of work parties.
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