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Farleigh Down Sidings were located just to the West end of Box Tunnel in Wiltshire and were opened just before WWII.They consisted of a long platform/loading ramp which led to the underground storage facility at Monkton Farleigh by way of a narrow gauge railway and conveyor belt.This is what remains in 2010. !!
This is all that remains of the platform/loading ramp,this is the rear view of the access ramp to the underground storage facility.The platform was completely intact a few years back but all has now been completely raised to the ground and the area is now used as a dump by a local refuse disposal firm !!
Once at the bottom of the ramp this is the sight that greets you !! Although completely vandalised the basic infrastructure remains.The narrow gauge railway runs to commencement of the conveyor belt tunnel where the shells were off loaded for their trip up the mile long inclined tunnel.
This is the start of that tunnel......
After 70 yrs a lot of the conveyor belt plinths and rollers still remain.
The tunnel starts off level for the first few yards before climbing.This is part of the first section of tunnel.
After a short while the tunnel becomes brick lined...
At at least two positions along this section are original signage for spotters (i am assuming that this is where some poor sod was stationed for hours on end making sure that no problem occured with the belt) Around these areas are a large amount of pencil graffiti indicating that this was obviously a boring job....
Slightly further in and amazingly the original motors for the belt are still in situ,at this point there is a small recess on both sides of the tunnel presumably for motor maintenance and also where another operator was stationed.
After a few more hundred yards the conveyor has been completely removed and the tunnel becomes just a tunnel-this is the view looking back to the start of the conveyor.
The tunnel eventually ends at a wall thru which was (is) the storage areas of Monkton Farleigh unfortunately no longer accessible from here.!!
Last One,is this absolutely stunning two level pillbox at the western end of the site unfortunately disfigued by the brain dead of society !!
PS As this was a visit with Newage i'm hoping that he will also be sharing his pixels with you ..........
Farleigh Down Sidings were located just to the West end of Box Tunnel in Wiltshire and were opened just before WWII.They consisted of a long platform/loading ramp which led to the underground storage facility at Monkton Farleigh by way of a narrow gauge railway and conveyor belt.This is what remains in 2010. !!
This is all that remains of the platform/loading ramp,this is the rear view of the access ramp to the underground storage facility.The platform was completely intact a few years back but all has now been completely raised to the ground and the area is now used as a dump by a local refuse disposal firm !!
Once at the bottom of the ramp this is the sight that greets you !! Although completely vandalised the basic infrastructure remains.The narrow gauge railway runs to commencement of the conveyor belt tunnel where the shells were off loaded for their trip up the mile long inclined tunnel.
This is the start of that tunnel......
After 70 yrs a lot of the conveyor belt plinths and rollers still remain.
The tunnel starts off level for the first few yards before climbing.This is part of the first section of tunnel.
After a short while the tunnel becomes brick lined...
At at least two positions along this section are original signage for spotters (i am assuming that this is where some poor sod was stationed for hours on end making sure that no problem occured with the belt) Around these areas are a large amount of pencil graffiti indicating that this was obviously a boring job....
Slightly further in and amazingly the original motors for the belt are still in situ,at this point there is a small recess on both sides of the tunnel presumably for motor maintenance and also where another operator was stationed.
After a few more hundred yards the conveyor has been completely removed and the tunnel becomes just a tunnel-this is the view looking back to the start of the conveyor.
The tunnel eventually ends at a wall thru which was (is) the storage areas of Monkton Farleigh unfortunately no longer accessible from here.!!
Last One,is this absolutely stunning two level pillbox at the western end of the site unfortunately disfigued by the brain dead of society !!
PS As this was a visit with Newage i'm hoping that he will also be sharing his pixels with you ..........
