2015

J3531 : BWC gate, Newcastle

taken 9 years ago, near to Newcastle, Co Down, Northern Ireland

BWC gate, Newcastle
BWC gate, Newcastle
Large style Belfast & District Water Commissioners gate leading from farmland to a nearby house J3531 : BWC building near Newcastle on the Tullybrannigan Road near Newcastle.
Belfast & District Water Commissioners gates and buildings

Images relating to Belfast & District Water Commissioners buildings and gates found throughout County Down between the Mourne Mountains and Belfast. They are found in and around the Silent Valley and in numerous places above the underground Mourne Conduit which carries water to Belfast. The buildings are mainly pumping stations, wells or houses (mostly now vacant) for staff. The red gates were erected, mainly through farmland, so that BWC staff (linesmen) could walk the length of the Mourne Conduit and visually check for problems at the surface. The posts have BWC cast into the metal at the top (Belfast Water Commissioners - see J3452 : BWC gate near Ballynahinch for a close-up) and there are a few to be found where the letters are back to front! The gates are also found in several places on the Mourne Wall - see J2923 : Stile and gate on the Mourne Wall and J3228 : The Mourne Wall at the Hare's Gap for examples.

See also the associated shared description for The Mourne Wall at Link .

Manhole covers, foundry products etc, Northern Ireland

A series of photographs showing manhole covers, fire hydrants, gratings, foundry products, foundry plaques and inscriptions etc, in Northern Ireland.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Belfast Water [8] · Style Belfast District Water Commissioners Gate Leading [2] Title Clusters: · BWC gate, Newcastle [2] ·
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J3531, 130 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rossographer   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 5 June, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 12 June, 2015
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 357 314 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:12.8146N 5:55.2390W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 357 314
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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