tarboat's photos with the keyword: tower

Tower on the Trencherfield Mill in Wigan which was built in 1907 as a cotton spinning mill with 96, 468 spindles for William Woods & Sons Ltd. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. Textile processing ended in 1968 and the mill has multiple uses including apartments and offices. The heritage section, including the original steam engine, was closed down in 2019.

Lyme Cage is thought to have been constructed to the design of Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni on the site of a hunting tower on a ridgetop in Lyme Park, north-east Cheshire. The listing describes it as 'Formerly hunting tower cum gatehouse, later park keeper's house and prisoners' lock-up: Origins c.1580, taken down 1734 by George Platt, rebuilt 1737 by Peter Platt, perhaps to a design by Leoni for Peter Legh X'. It is listed Grade II*.

The Bell Tower on Chapel Street, Salford was built as a pub named The Angel in 1901. In the 1980s it closed and was subsequently revived as The Bell Tower hotel for a few years. It is now apartments.

This tower is on commercial premises at Peter Street in Manchester.

This is the major part of the third Eddystone lighthouse erected by civil engineer John Smeaton. It operated from 1759 to 1877 and was subsequently removed to Plymouth and rebuilt on the Hoe as a monument to Smeaton.

Category B listed water pumping station and water tower at Ladybank. The stonework over the door states "Ladybank Water Works" with the date 1908.

When jewellers Prestons Ltd had new premises built in 1913 at 2 Deansgate, Bolton, the frontage was in a buff glazed terracotta and incorporated a clock tower topped with a time ball. Restored in 2008, it was one of only two still operating in England, the other one is at Greenwich. In 2011 when I took this photo, each day the ball was raised at 12.55pm and fell at precisely 1.00pm on receipt of an electronic signal from Greenwich. Prestons closed the shop in 2016 and I am unsure whether the time ball still operates.

Flue gas desulphurisation plant at Ferrybridge 'C' power station. Operated by Scottish and Southern Energy plc this 2000 megawatt power station first generated electricity in 1966 and was closed in 2016.

A prominent landmark in Ellesmere Port is this concrete water tower at the Bridgewater paper mill site. The mill is long gone but the tower remains due to the aerials attached to it.

Built c1830, the building is now The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, a centre for the arts and performance and a gallery. It is listed Grade II.

Ronda station sports not one but two water towers that once quenched the thirst of passing steam locomotives.

Another image of a doomed power station. Due to close in 2015 is Ironbridge B power station which was commenced in 1963 and full 1000 MW capacity reached with the commissioning of the second 500 MW unit in February 1970. The cooling towers were deliberately constructed using concrete to which a red pigment had been added, to blend with the colour of the local soil. This added £11,000 to the construction costs.

A selection of steel products and empty hoppers in the sidings alongside the Arcelor Mittal Steelworks in Differdange, Luxembourg.

Steam age infrastructure at Ronda station. The remains of the turntable pit were still visible further up the yard too.

When jewellers Prestons Ltd had new premises built in 1913 at 2 Deansgate, Bolton, the frontage was in a buff glazed terracotta and incorporated a clock tower topped with a time ball. Restored a few years ago, it is one of only two still operating in England, the other one is at Greenwich. Each day the ball is raised at 12.55pm and falls at precisely 1.00pm on receipt of an electronic signal from Greenwich. The whole block is nos 2-10 Deansgate and the left side was once occupied by the department store of R Whitehead Son Ltd. Preston's of Bolton still trade from No.2.

Folds Mill, Folds Rd, Little Bolton was opened in 1884 by Arthur Bromiley and Co, Ltd., cotton spinners and manufacturers, with 700 looms manufacturing, shirtings, cambrics, jacquards, dobbies, etc. By 1938 the mill was in use as a printing works and from the 1960s - 1980s Marston Radiators. The lettering B A S stands for Britain's Aquatic Superstore which has been based here from at least 1985. The name of the manufacturer of the water tank, Witter & Son, is shown in the centre panel of the left face. Witter & Son of Crown Works, Bolton, were manufacturers of fire protection equipment. It is likely to have been installed to supply an automatic sprinkler system in the mill. Their 'Witter' sprinkler has been extensively used in many countries.

Looking to Bosley Minn from the summit of Shutlingsloe on a day when the clouds were almost touching my head.

The old Macclesfield Drill Hall is on Bridge Street. It was erected by public subscription in 1871 for the use of the 8th Cheshire Rifle Volunteers. The tower was added in 1872. Now converted into apartments the building has a secure furture unlike its replacement of c1980 which has already been demolished.