Decided to pay a visit to the abandoned concrete chalk silo at Wharram today, it was mini TK421's 9th birthday weekend, so decided to treat him (he did get proper presents also, I am not THAT tight
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Bit of history:
Wharram was a station on the Malton and Driffield railway, adjacent to the station was a large chalk quarry operated by a company called Casebourne & Co, who also made concrete, the chalk being ideal for this purpose. The quarry dates from 1916, and closed for a period in the 1930's but production did start again a few years later. The railway line closed on the 20th October 1958, however production from the quarry went on until 1966. A large concrete silo for storing the crushed chalk (then deposited into railway wagons) was built in 1918 and has the original motor house and crushing house made of brick adjacent to the silo. There were many interesting features still to be seen, however we could not get to the upper levels of the silo as the iron staircase had given up the ghost long ago.
Glad we wore trousers and long sleeves for this one, the nettles were damn high and plentiful
The silo:
The motor house:
Remains of railway bridge to the silo:
Blessed with a bit of sun:
Iron window frames have seen better days:
Crusher house:
Base of crusher house, flooded:
Not sure what this concrete bit is for but I liked it:
Window in the bottom of the silo:
Ruined staircase:
Hopper unloading boom and chute for railway wagons, suprised and delighted to see these:
Chain from the boom turning into a stalectite!
Window frame:
Mini TK421:
As you can see, unless I am bitten by a spider in a lab, there's no way I'm getting up there:
Window and sunlight:
One for you brick fans:
One for you coat hook fans
Brickwork:
Last one, the remains of the limekilns:
I thought I had hit gold with the old cars, garage and tanks last week, but this one really had something about it, a great few hours exploring, even bumped into someone else doing the same!
Thanks for looking
).Bit of history:
Wharram was a station on the Malton and Driffield railway, adjacent to the station was a large chalk quarry operated by a company called Casebourne & Co, who also made concrete, the chalk being ideal for this purpose. The quarry dates from 1916, and closed for a period in the 1930's but production did start again a few years later. The railway line closed on the 20th October 1958, however production from the quarry went on until 1966. A large concrete silo for storing the crushed chalk (then deposited into railway wagons) was built in 1918 and has the original motor house and crushing house made of brick adjacent to the silo. There were many interesting features still to be seen, however we could not get to the upper levels of the silo as the iron staircase had given up the ghost long ago.
Glad we wore trousers and long sleeves for this one, the nettles were damn high and plentiful
The silo:
The motor house:
Remains of railway bridge to the silo:
Blessed with a bit of sun:
Iron window frames have seen better days:
Crusher house:
Base of crusher house, flooded:
Not sure what this concrete bit is for but I liked it:
Window in the bottom of the silo:
Ruined staircase:
Hopper unloading boom and chute for railway wagons, suprised and delighted to see these:
Chain from the boom turning into a stalectite!
Window frame:
Mini TK421:
As you can see, unless I am bitten by a spider in a lab, there's no way I'm getting up there:
Window and sunlight:
One for you brick fans:
One for you coat hook fans
Brickwork:
Last one, the remains of the limekilns:
I thought I had hit gold with the old cars, garage and tanks last week, but this one really had something about it, a great few hours exploring, even bumped into someone else doing the same!
Thanks for looking
