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bigwow
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looking for someone to sell a vinyl sign too!
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Zephyr362
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The hump looks like the tip just off Rover Way, so probably near the Rhymney river or water treatment works.
Were you out drinking with the folks on Rover Way? Time to give it up when you wake up with a can of Special Brew in your hand and can't remember where you are. Bet you were cold!
Were you out drinking with the folks on Rover Way? Time to give it up when you wake up with a can of Special Brew in your hand and can't remember where you are. Bet you were cold!
Csail
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Wrong. You have definatly sailed past it.
tonybarebones
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This is the sea wall at Aberthaw power station... oh yes it is, and just as an aside inside it, is Pleasant harbour, one of the lost harbours of the Bristol Channel... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Zephyr362
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If it's the UK I've sailes past it or at least around it!
Sea wall nr Barry? failing that towards Peterstone/Newport end
Sea wall nr Barry? failing that towards Peterstone/Newport end
Csail
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No....go west.
Csail
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Tony is correct. No idea why my previous post went after yours.
Took a walk there yesterday and found the old harbour wall. It was the biggest port in the BC at one point. Carried on to the Blue Anchor for a pint and rumour has it that a smuglers tunnel goes from the port to the pub.
Took a walk there yesterday and found the old harbour wall. It was the biggest port in the BC at one point. Carried on to the Blue Anchor for a pint and rumour has it that a smuglers tunnel goes from the port to the pub.
tonybarebones
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It's well worth a visit, by boat or by road... Aberthaw Lime Works is a derelict structure, located on the South Wales coast, between Fontygary Bay and Aberthaw Power Station. The structure is a Grade II Listed Building.
The Aberthaw Lime Works was opened on 22 December 1888, by the Aberthaw Pebble Limestone Company.
It was built to utilise the huge number of Limestone Pebbles that had previously been taken inland or been moved by boat. The Lime Works operated until 1926.
The local limestone and brick structure is still largely intact, although it is missing most of its wooden components. It contains 2 vertical pot draw kilns each holding up to 300 tons each, which could produce up to 40 tons of burnt lime a day.
Next to the main structure, there are 2 pot kilns which are also largely intact. These Kilns were built later than the main structure, but also ceased operation in 1926.
The lime works were originally served by a tramway, which ran from the direction of Rhoose (east of the lime works). It passed either side of the now demolished winch house. A tramway ramp (again demolished) allowed carts containing pebbles between 3 & 4 inches in diameter to be conveyed to the top of the works and then into the kilns. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
The Aberthaw Lime Works was opened on 22 December 1888, by the Aberthaw Pebble Limestone Company.
It was built to utilise the huge number of Limestone Pebbles that had previously been taken inland or been moved by boat. The Lime Works operated until 1926.
The local limestone and brick structure is still largely intact, although it is missing most of its wooden components. It contains 2 vertical pot draw kilns each holding up to 300 tons each, which could produce up to 40 tons of burnt lime a day.
Next to the main structure, there are 2 pot kilns which are also largely intact. These Kilns were built later than the main structure, but also ceased operation in 1926.
The lime works were originally served by a tramway, which ran from the direction of Rhoose (east of the lime works). It passed either side of the now demolished winch house. A tramway ramp (again demolished) allowed carts containing pebbles between 3 & 4 inches in diameter to be conveyed to the top of the works and then into the kilns. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Csail
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This is what is over the wall, taken boxing day, lime works on the right.
damo
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...and some old episodes of Doctor Who were filmed around there /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Csail
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Were they? Where?
damo
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Csail
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Interesting, now i remember, while at RAF St Athan they used one of the empty storage hangars to do filming.