Many of your Photographs are hidden within the pages of our site. To give people the chance to see the photographs on there own we have constructed this page.
The Sections 'Special Events', 'Other Local Historic Sites' and 'Photographs of Other Interesting Sites' contain many photograph not included else were and we hope you think there are worth including.
The name in brackets after each photograph is the name of the photographer and is followed by a code for the origin and type of photograph - D.P = Digital Photograph taken on a Digital Camera; C.P.S. = Colour Print Scanned onto computer; B.W.S. = Black & White photograph or drawing Scanned onto computer; C.N.B. = Colour Negative put on computer by Boots Photographic Service (via bootsphoto.com).
Top Forge
These are a mixture of photographs taken around the Forge buildings and local photographs take of other things that happen to include Top Forge in the background. All are black & white and have been scanned from prints of varying quallity, most originated from glass negatives. Dates for the photographs are at best, just a guess, but together they form a fantastic, and fasinating, image of the Forge during the last working years and the first years of dereliction.
Forge & Cottages - Showing the back of the Cottages and axles stacked outside.
Forge Exterior - Looking onto what is now the main entrance to the Forge Building
Small Dam & Forge - Looking over the water towards the Forge & Office
Forge Interior - Looking out from near No.1 Hammer
Countryside view of a Cricket Match & Top Forge in the Background
Countryside view of Cote Lane (now Forge Lane) adjacent to Top Forge
Countryside view with the Great Central Railway & Top Forge in the background
Countryside view of the Stepping Stones at Top Forge
Countryside view of the Top Forge Bridge with the Forge visible in the background
Low Forge
The Site
Photo - Front of the Main Forge Building (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - Front of the Forge from High Level (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - Front of the Forge Cottages from the Cottage Yard (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - Rear of the Forge Cottages from the Smithy Roof (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - Front of the Blacksmiths Building from the Cottage Yard (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Forge Building
Photo - Inside Forge Building - Looking towards No. 1 Hammer (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - No. 1 Water Wheel (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - No.1 Hammer (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - No.2 Water Wheel (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - No.2 Hammer (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - No.2 Hammer from Front (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - No.2 Hammer from Rear (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - Blower Wheel (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - Blower Foundations with Wheel behind
Railway Equipment
Work in Progress at Top Forge
Photo - Bearings being set up for the Blower Crank Shaft (B Tylee - D.P.)
3 Photos - Snuff Mill Engine Flywheel being transported across the site and then manoeuvered through Blacksmiths Shop Door (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - Work underway in the Foundry to make room for the Snuff Mill Engine (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - Snuff Mill Engine Flywheel in temporary bearings (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - Using a Landrover to pull a Sheffield Press across the forge yard (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Special Events - At Top Forge and involving the S.Y.I.H. Society
Photo - A visiting group are shown around the Main Forge Building (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - A visiting group enjoying refreshments outside the Forge Cottages - (B Tylee - D.P.)
Photo - Top Forge Volunteers visit the remains of the Tin Mill (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Photo - When work carried out by Yorkshire Electricity went wrong, they turned out on mass one Sunday afternoon to restore the power supply to Top Forge (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Low Forge - Low Forge Shingling Hammer (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Low Forge - Low Forge Shingling Hammer (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Low Forge - Low Forge Shingling Hammer (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Tin Mill - The weir, sluice and some of the remaining Stoneworks at the Tin Mill (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Hollinsbusk Colliery - Hollinsbusk Colliery Headgear (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Hollinsbusk Colliery - Hollinsbusk Colliery Headgear (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Architecture of the Wentworth Estate (5 x A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
A selection of Photographs showing industrial archaeology and Historic remains around the country that is not part of an organised museum (includes photos shown in other sections above)
Industrial Archaeology Photographs - These pages may slow to load due the number of Photographs included - Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3
Sans Pareil - 2 photos of the 1979 built replica of the 1829 locomotive Sans Pereil (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
North Bay Miniature Railway- , Scarborough (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway - (A Hurrell - C.P.S.)
Locomotives of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (Yes, in Africa!) - (A.Hurrell - C.P.S.)
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