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These are old buildings and a mine entrance. There were no mine tours on this... (more)

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There appears to be some limited quarry working at the Threlkeld Museum - a... (more)

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This rusty machinery is part of an electrically powered derrick crane in the... (more)

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Graham Lee from Statfold Barn Railway is operating his Erie excavator in the... (more)

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Working digger and tipper at the Museum site.

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Some of the exhibits at the museum.

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One of the preserved exhibits at Threlkeld Mining Museum.

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One of the exhibits along the track to the museum.

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Entry to a level at the eastern side of the quarry.

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A view from part way up this abandoned quarry shows a steam excavator at work... (more)

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Weighbridge house and stone crushers.

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This was the overflow car park for the annual steam gala but by the time we... (more)

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On the nearest line is a train of flat wagons in front of Avonside locomotive... (more)

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This is Graham Lee's Erie steam face shovel that came from the USA and is... (more)

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The quarry bottom contains five narrow gauge steam locomotive and an Erie steam... (more)

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The poor Ruston was troubled by a slipping clutch and seemed destined not to... (more)

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The diesel excavators were not being demonstrated as this was a steam gala day.... (more)

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This shows Graham Lee's Erie steam excavator emptying a full bucket while... (more)

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This old vertical boiler has been converted to some sort of rotary sieve. This... (more)

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The engine is a classic 'quarry Hunslet' - Hugh Napier from the... (more)

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This shows some of the many excavators on site and the site's workshops.... (more)

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This is driven by a tractor and is in a lightweight open-sided structure that is... (more)

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Just found lurking in a corner was this horizontal duplex non-rotative steam... (more)

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Ruston steam Navvy built in 1909 that has recently been restored with the aid of... (more)

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General view of the former quarry area.

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It’s fascinating that the short English word “spoil” has so many different... (more)

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Loading bank on the left hand side of the track down to Burtersett.

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Entrance to one of the levels.

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Exit from one of the levels looking onto the dressing floor.

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The 1909 Ruston steam navvy that was formerly at Museum of Lincolnshire Life is... (more)

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The 1909 Ruston steam navvy (face excavator) is taking a bite from the large... (more)

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The steam gala was great fun and the atmosphere is hazy because of the smoke... (more)

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This was a special steam gala day and four of us had travelled up from as far... (more)

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Graham Lee is the owner driver of this magnificently restore Erie steam face... (more)

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The 1909 built Ruston steam face excavator was being prepared for a... (more)

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Visiting quarry Hunslets Hugh Napier and Sybil Mary hustle their train past the... (more)

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Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum's annual gala with visiting... (more)

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For the last passenger train of the day no fewer than four locomotives were... (more)

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The six visiting locomotives for the steam gala were all lined up in the sun at... (more)

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The six visiting locomotives for the steam gala were all lined up in the sun at... (more)

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Ruston Bucyrus drag lines on top of a large bank of spoil that is used to... (more)

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The Erie steam excavator is almost obscured by steam and smoke as it... (more)

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Graham Lee is driving his Erie steam face shovel that was beautifully restored... (more)

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This is an Erie steam face excavator (or navvy), built in the US and... (more)

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Seemingly abandoned excavator bucket.

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