tarboat's photos with the keyword: sandbach

A nice bit of terracotta on the front of the former Urban District Council offices in Sandbach.

"Coal" in July 1954. This machine looks similar to those featured in the 1970 ad, but is significantly smaller.

Foden dump trucks in an advert from Mines and Mineral Engineering, Sept 1970. These vehicles look both small and rather dated compared with modern vehicles. The photo seems to have been taken at the Craigahulliar (sometimes written as Craignahulliar) quarry located 3km SE of Portrush. It was worked by Portrush Columnar Basalt Company Ltd. until the 1980s and has subsequently been used as a refuse tip.

The latest offerings from the ERF works are seen here on show in 1961.

The long established wireworks of John Pring and Son Ltd at Elworth, Sandbach, Cheshire. The works manufactured specialist wires including Electro Galvanized Auto Bailing Wire and Hard Draw Annealed and Galvanized Wire. It was bought by American owners, the Leggett and Pratt group, and in 2009 the business was closed and placed in receivership. The site was cleared for housing development.

Wire coils in the stockyard of John Pring & Son Ltd at Elworth, Sandbach, Cheshire. Sadly all now gone and demolished after the firm went into receivership in 2009.

The E-ON CHP plant at Albion Chemicals, Sandbach, Cheshire, went into operation in April 1999. It consists of a GE LM6000PD gas turbine, a waste heat recovery boiler and a 14 MWe steam turbine. Total electrical generation from the CHP Plant is about 56 MW, the balance of which is exported to the local network after Albion Chemicals' site demand has been satisfied. It is connected to the local electrical distribution network by two 33 kV feeders. The plant is capable of providing up to eight tonnes per hour of steam and was designed primarily for base load operation

A brand new steam wagon for Sneyd Collieries Ltd, simmers outside the Foden works in Sandbach. The Cheshire registration indicates that the year is 1918.