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The workmen have attached the first couple of wagons to the rope and they are about to begin the ascent to Sheep Pasture on June 30 1966. I suspect this scene, apart from the weeds, had not changed much in many years. The buildings on the right used to contain an old length of rail marked C&HPR which was always shown to interested visitors. This one of many colour shots of the Cromford line in my book on the Cromford and High Peak Railway and has been cleaned by Chris Nicholson.
I wondered what they were doing but after checking out the name on their truck, it seems like they're inspecting electric poles.
A reflection of workmen working on the Second City Crossing tram track on Corporation street, Manchester England. The reflection is off the Glass Bridge over Corporation Street.
Early morning workmen replacing sand loss from high tides and winds. Always greet you with "Hello" and smiles. Clearing their equipment before morning traffic.
Workmen from Wolverhampton Corporation's Public Works Department removing redundant trolleybus traction poles on the A449 Penn Road. This was being undertaken in stages to upgrade street lighting along the length of the Penn Road to the town's boundary at Springhill. The method of removal was to dig around the base of the pole, then cut the pole off with an oxy-acetylene gas torch. The shallow hole would then be back-filled. The 5ft to 6ft of the base of the steel traction pole remained in the ground, and many of them are still there to this day.
The red tower-wagon belonged to the Transport Department, and would be used for removing redundant street lighting equipment from poles so fitted. In those days, the street lighting salvaged from the traction poles would be returned to the street lighting department for reuse.
Trolleybuses had ceased to use the Penn Road from the end of June 1963, when the No4 (Pennfields) and No11 (Penn) trolleybus services were converted to motorbus services. The overhead was removed soon after, but most of the traction poles were left in, many of them carrying street lighting. The replacement 39ft streetlighting columns were supplied by Cohen Ltd, and the lanterns by the REVO Electric Co of Tipton, these being Revo 'Saturn' cut-off lanterns for high-wattage sodium lighting.
Additionally, road-widening was envisaged along the A449's entire length within the Wolverhampton district. However, it would come to pass that only certain sections of the Penn Road would ever become dual-carriageway.
The tall building seen under the arch of the Hi-ab was the offices of the 'Star Aluminium' die casting factory. Today, a Tesco supermarket stands on the site.
Photo - Friday, 28th April 1967.
Workmen shovel in the falling snow amidst the steaming 'gloop' from one of the the conveyor outfalls of the Beichang Washery at Chengzihe near Jixi, as the their working ponies wait patiently whilst the carts are loaded up. Nothing went to waste in north east China in the depths of winter and the 'gloop' waste was a highly sought after commodity by occupants of the traditional chinese "hutong" dwellings for both warmth and fuel for cooking. I should add that the workmen (and ponies) were extremely cooperative with me when taking this photograph, and welcomed interest in their activities.
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Street candid taken in Glasgow, Scotland. I saw these workmen struggling to replace a toppled bench into its foundations and all I could think of was a rugby scrum - though I am pleased to see that there is no sign of a 'builder's bum' anywhere! Just a little bit of 'Fun for Friday', have a great weekend everyone!
Workmen have been checking the caged banks on this part of the tracks and cutting back a bit of trackside growth . 60015 can be seen passing below Purton Manor
Workmen paint the stern of the Fyffes vessel Camito (8,502 tonnes) in Southampton Docks during the National Union of Seamen's strike in 1966. Behind is a Union Castle vessel.
Source: livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/43185
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Workmen place new cobblestone on the walk at Miradouro da Faja do Condo on the Island of Flores. A lot of effort goes in to maintaining the overlooks and viewpoints in the Azores. I asked these workman if I could take their photos. They said yes but just kept working. Though I didin’t inspect the blocks up close, i think they are made of basalt.
Workmen lubricating geared logging locomotive number 2 at the Cass Scenic Railroad prior to its ride up Bald Knob in West Virginia.
Workmen shovel in the falling snow amidst the steaming 'gloop' from one of the the conveyor outfalls of the Beichang Washery at Chengzihe near Jixi, as the their working ponies wait patiently whilst the carts are loaded up. Nothing went to waste in north east China in the depths of winter and the 'gloop' waste is a highly sought after commodity by households for both warmth and fuel for cooking.
© Gordon Edgar - All rights reserved. Please do not use my images without my explicit permission