Revisiting Ravensthorpe [21 photos] in SE2220 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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Revisiting Ravensthorpe

In 1985/6 I worked as an assistant engineer on an interesting project for the Yorkshire Water Authority (as it was then) to construct a new sewerage system through the Ravensthorpe area of West Yorkshire. It involved a variety of technical approaches, but the overall result was being able to abandon a pumping station at Shepley Bridge, a small sewage works in the Spen Valley, a few miles of undersized sewers and several small storm overflows. There was still one new overflow into the River Calder, but it was intended only to operate no more than a couple of times a year on average.

I had previously uploaded here the few photographs I had taken with me at the end of the project, but in 2017, I revisited the area and tried to find as many as possible of the work locations that I remembered. After 30 years my memory may be playing tricks so I cannot guarantee factual or locational accuracy.

by Stephen Craven

Created: Sun, 10 Dec 2017, Updated: Sun, 17 Dec 2017

21 images use this description:

SE2120 : Huddersfield Road looking west by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Junction of Myrtle Street, Sackville Street and North Road by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Waste ground at the end of Sackville Street by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Barrier on Sackville Street by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Park Road Recreation Ground by Stephen Craven

SE2119 : The dirtiest job on site. by Stephen Craven

SE2219 : River Calder downstream of Greenwood Lock by Stephen Craven

SE2119 : Field below Huddersfield Road by Stephen Craven

SE2120 : Dewatering point by Stephen Craven

SE2119 : Greenwood Cut embankment by Stephen Craven

SE2219 : No Mooring sign by Greenwood Lock by Stephen Craven

SE2120 : Marmaville Court, Church Lane by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Pile driving for a sewer shaft by Stephen Craven

SE2119 : Overflow location by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Inspection cover in a familiar location by Stephen Craven

SE2120 : grouting up the sewers by Stephen Craven

SE2120 : Path from Lee Road to Huddersfield Road by Stephen Craven

SE2119 : Overgrown site by Steanard Lane by Stephen Craven

SE2220 : Temporary timber heading by Stephen Craven

SE2120 : The Bull's Head, Huddersfield Road by Stephen Craven

SE2120 : Roundabout on Lee Road by Stephen Craven

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