tarboat's photos with the keyword: colour

Below Harboro Rocks in the High Peak of Derbyshire stand the remains of a mill for processing silica sands and iron oxides which were used in the production of paints and the former also for refractory bricks. Little is known about this particular plant and it has been suggested that it never went into production.

This year the colours in the autumn leaves have been spectacular and far better than I can previously remember in the UK. This birch tree in Poynton has been on my list for a photo if the weather was right and on this day the light was perfect

Below Harboro Rocks in the High Peak of Derbyshire stand the remains of a mill for processing silica sands and iron oxides which were used in the production of paints and the former also for refractory bricks.

The Goldsitch Moss coalfield in Quarnford is drained by a sough which empties into a small stream that runs into the Flash Brook above Manor Farm. Even today the waters are coloured bright orange by the ochre contained in the outflow. At one time the ochre was seen as a source of profit and was colllected in this series of settling tanks alongside the Flash Brook. The dried material would be sold for use in paints, dyeing etc.

The Goldsitch Moss coalfield in Quarnford is drained by a sough which empties into a small stream that runs into the Flash Brook above Manor Farm. Even today the waters are coloured bright orange by the ochre contained in the outflow. At one time the ochre was seen as a source of profit and was colllected in this series of settling tanks alongside the Flash Brook. The dried material would be sold for use in paints, dyeing etc.