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08-03-2011, 08:57
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does anybody know
Does anybody know what this is and if its still there.
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08-03-2011, 09:23
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Re: does anybody know
Remember seeing something like that when I was a kid, think somebody said it was a ventilation shaft for a coal mine, but it was fenced of and had a cover
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08-03-2011, 09:26
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Re: does anybody know
looks more like a drainage culvert entrance
looks like a reservoir in the background
no idea where and could be wrong but that's my thought on it
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08-03-2011, 10:09
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Re: does anybody know
I am going for something connected with the nearby waterworks/reservoir. The brickwork around the opening would likely be done when the res. was being planned.
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08-03-2011, 10:15
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Re: does anybody know
There is a road in the background. I have seen small tunnels under roads before to let foxes, badgers etc cross under the road. This looks too far away from the road though for that.
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08-03-2011, 10:21
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Re: does anybody know
An old well???
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08-03-2011, 10:39
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Re: does anybody know
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Originally Posted by Neil
There is a road in the background. I have seen small tunnels under roads before to let foxes, badgers etc cross under the road. This looks too far away from the road though for that.
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your getting WARM but it wasn`t to let foxes etc through. the road is the key
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08-03-2011, 12:25
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Re: does anybody know
Looks like it's there to stop the road from flooding.
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08-03-2011, 12:43
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Re: does anybody know
I think it's called a hole.
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08-03-2011, 15:41
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Re: does anybody know
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Looks like it's there to stop the road from flooding.
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I wondered about that but the land does not look like it would flood
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08-03-2011, 16:08
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Re: does anybody know
To take a stream under the road? Is it the one in Huncoat between the Griffin and Hapton?
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09-03-2011, 01:38
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Re: does anybody know
Could be the collapsed roof from a coke oven or kiln? Looks very similar to the ones near blythes, but it's definitely a different road in the background.
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09-03-2011, 05:52
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Re: does anybody know
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your getting WARM but it wasn`t to let foxes etc through. the road is the key
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If you know what it is why are you bothering us with it ??
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09-03-2011, 09:33
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It's time to show your hand Mick. You are getting as bad as Retlaw - no, I take that back.
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09-03-2011, 10:49
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Re: does anybody know
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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa
Could be the collapsed roof from a coke oven or kiln? Looks very similar to the ones near blythes, but it's definitely a different road in the background.
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That's what came to mind when I first saw it .
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