2018

NY7843 : Site of a demolition in Nenthead

taken 7 years ago, near to Nenthead, Cumbria, England

Site of a demolition in Nenthead
Site of a demolition in Nenthead
The demolition has taken place and the site is being cleared. Since 1909 this location, central in the village of Nenthead, has been occupied by a large, brick-built, industrial building built by the Vieille Montagne Company of Belgium; its purpose was the processing of zinc ores. For many years the building has been the garage for the Wrights Brothers bus company; local information is that a new garage will be built on the site.
The building had been deteriorating for decades and at best could only have been described as unlovely; all the same, a piece of north-Pennine mining heritage has been lost.
This image from Ashley Dace shows the building as it was until recently : Link

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Trevor Littlewood and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Quarrying, Mining Derelict, Disused Primary Subject: Demolition Site other tags: Village Centre Demolition Site Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Nenthead Village [16] · Bus Garage [3] ·
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NY7843, 180 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Trevor Littlewood   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 15 October, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 15 October, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 7803 4371 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:47.2680N 2:20.5898W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 7806 4369
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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