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Part of the Lostock chemical works captured in the waters of the Trent & Mersey Canal.

The No.1 Mill of the Mutual Spinning Company on which construction began in 1884. Design was by local architects. Potts, Pickup and Dixon. To the right is the No.2 Mill which has a foundation stone dated 1891. The mills continued in operation until relatively late, switching from cotton production during the mid-20th century to incorporating woollen and artificial fibre spinning.

Three cotton spinning mills built for the Mutual Spinning Company. On the left is the No.1 Mill on which construction began in 1884. Next is the No.2 Mill which has a foundation stone dated 1891. Just visible at the right edge is the No.3 Mill, started in late 1914 but due to the war production did not start until 1922. The completion of this mill made the company the largest cotton spinning firm in the district with a total of 246,000 spindles. The mills continued in operation until relatively late, switching from cotton production during the mid-20th century to incorporating woollen and artificial fibre spinning. The design of the mills was by local architects. Potts, Pickup and Dixon (No.1), Potts, Son and Pickup (No.2) and Potts and Henning (No.3). This is reflected in the similarities between the three buildings.

The tower of the No.3 Mill of the Mutual Spinning Company Ltd at Heywood, seen from between the No.1 and No.2 Mills. Building No.3 Mill commenced in late 1914 but due to the war production did not start until 1922. The completion of this mill made the company the largest cotton spinning firm in the district with a total of 246,000 spindles.

The Velsen coal mine was sunk in 1899 and the Gustav II shaft was developed between 1913 and 1917. In 1965 the mine was amalgamated into the Warndt complex which finally closed in 2005 with this shaft then being partially filled. The surviving surface buildings and headgear of the Gustav II shaft are considered a "top-class ensemble" of the Saarland mining industry and are listed structures. Inside the winding house is preserved the original steam winding engine made at the Dingler works.

Selfie on the side of the E3-300 Rap-Star counter-flow asphalt drum mixer at the Hillhead Quarry Exhibition!

200 Clarendon in Boston was previously known as the John Hancock Tower and colloquially known as The Hancock. It has been the tallest building in Boston for more than 30 years, and is also the tallest building in New England. The building is a 60-storey, 790-foot (240 m) skyscraper, designed by Henry N. Cobb of the firm I. M. Pei & Partners and was completed in 1976. The highly reflective window glass is tinted slightly blue, which results in the tower having only a slight contrast with the sky on a clear day.

JS 8030 at Qilidian on the Pingdingshan Coal Railway, having arrived light engine to collect the coal train seen alongside.

Sheffield Basin is the terminus of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation but nowadays the keels no longer call at the warehouses and pleasure boats rule. Considerable revitalisation of the area as taken place, some developments being more successful than others, and there is an upbeat feel to the canal here. The Sussex Street gasholder dominates the background but I don't know which industrial premises the chimney served.

A colourful corner of the Corus plant at Shotton.

After dark at Cheddleton during the Winter steam gala.

Early morning at the Meadowbank salt mine in Winsford.

Ineos Chlor Rock Savage chlorine chemicals plant reflects upon the River Weaver.

Steam operations on the long line from Yuzhou to Pingdingshan are due to end very soon and the QJ class locomotives will be relegated to standby and then scrap. Here QJ 6786 waits at the loading point whilst a train is prepared.

It's Christmas lights every night at the Ineos Chlor works at Rock Savage, Runcorn.

Brand new lift bridge on the Montgomery Canal.

The light is fading fast as JS 8030 brings the empties into Fangzhuangzhan on the Pingdingshan Coal Railway.