oowee Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Fascinating thx for posting. Industrial Archeology is fascinating. I remember a site in Black Country called the cracker that was used as an animal dump and was suspected to house Anthrax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Fascinating thx for posting. Industrial Archeology is fascinating. I remember a site in Black Country called the cracker that was used as an animal dump and was suspected to house Anthrax. have done dozens of interesting sites all over the country..........its a shame when they are gone as there is no record of them above ground ...and the houses are built and the road names are like "Daffodil Way" or "Bluebell Close"...................thats a shame especially when on that site the Sidney Harbour Bridge was built in kit form....or another site is where the first propellor powered iron steam boat was built and floated on the canal...then taken apart and put on horse and cart to Dover assembled and did the Dover -Calaise run until 1920.............................no record of it at all...shame.... a while ago i did a clean up job in Alston in cumbria...the gas works...and near it was a smelter works....when i diverted the South Tyne river to do the job ...i found something from there which you can have a guess at sometime... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Acouple of weeks ago I was taking soil samples from an Edwardian lido in Bath. Its a stunning setting and i was desperate to find some archeology in the pits but zilch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 What were you doing ..a desk top study........primary site investigation.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Primary investigation for funding. I only collect the tubs and jars. I am retired but do this now and again for pin money to fund my own trips rather than use joint funds. Interesting thing was the lido was full of fish. Our driller (ex fisherman) said that the eggs get brought in by birds? Either way it was a cracking fish pond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) I guess you would call them tumbler stones ditchman, much the same as they tumble semi precious stones using different grits. Whilst working Northhampton way on a road job, we had to excavate and dispose of material from the site of an old tannery. Edited May 17, 2016 by la bala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 I guess you would call them tumbler stones ditchman, much the same as they tumble semi precious stones using different grits. Whilst working Northhampton way on a road job, we had to excavator and dispose of material from the site of an old tannery. did it stink............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Fascinating thx for posting. Industrial Archeology is fascinating. I remember a site in Black Country called the cracker that was used as an animal dump and was suspected to house Anthrax. thats about half a mile from my house , i reckon that most of the locals over there evolved from anthrax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 thats about half a mile from my house , i reckon that most of the locals over there evolved from anthrax the site i did was near tipton gasworks...........one of my mates did Tipton gasworks... im trying to think where it was.....aaahhhh...Dudley....thats where the Sidney Habour bridge was made.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 did it stink............... It all looked good soil, thing is as you know, dont know whats hiding in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) It all looked good soil, thing is as you know, dont know whats hiding in it. and thats a fact .. ...we had some funny stuff to deal with in Coxside (plymouth).....it melted latex gloves......it was oily and dangerous.. Edited May 17, 2016 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budice Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 The open air swimming baths are due to be restored, I think they have lottery funding now oowee. Also for a while it was a trout farm I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) the site i did was near tipton gasworks...........one of my mates did Tipton gasworks... im trying to think where it was.....aaahhhh...Dudley....thats where the Sidney Habour bridge was made.... the black country made lots of bridges , in fact , a company named horseley bridge was base in a place named great bridge , im not sure if it was the same place though , all of them are very close to where i live. edited to add. the gas works is now a housing estate. Edited May 17, 2016 by mel b3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypig Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 (edited) Either tumbling stonesin some form of industrial tanning works to soften hides or stretching the hide over to scrape away fat Edit I'm late in not reading the full string! Edited May 17, 2016 by happypig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 It's that polished **** from myth busters, proving it can be done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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