tarboat's photos with the keyword: accrington

A three coach class 158 unit departs the rather basic station at Accrington on its way to Blackpool. I don't think that much remains of the original East Lancashire Railway structure constructed in 1848.

1909 advert for a company specialising in materials handling equipment. The firm, which was established in 1889, continues in business at Grange Works, Wellington Street in Accrington.

Radial stretcher - special brick from the Nori works at Acccrington for building curved structures including chimneys.

The original Scaitcliffe Colliery was sunk by George Hargreaves & Co in 1859 and abandoned in 1883. In 1890-91 two 540 ft deep shafts were sunk to the Lower Mountain Mine which averaged 26 inches thick. Most of the output went to Altham Coke Works. The workings were towards Accrington town centre and pillars of coal had to be left to support buildings such as the Town Hall. At closure in 1962 the pit employed 62 men underground and 14 on the surface.

The original Scaitcliffe Colliery was sunk by George Hargreaves & Co in 1859 and abandoned in 1883. In 1890-91 two 540 ft deep shafts were sunk to the Lower Mountain Mine which averaged 26 inches thick. Most of the output went to Altham Coke Works. The workings were towards Accrington town centre and pillars of coal had to be left to support buildings such as the Town Hall. At closure in 1962 the pit employed 62 men underground and 14 on the surface. Broad Oak Mill was built in 1834 by John Hargreaves. In 1891 it was owned by John Hargreaves & Co with 38,200 spindles and 778 looms

There was a brickworks alongside the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Altham, operated by the Burnley Brick & Lime Company but this closed c1916. Both the Nori and Whinney Hill brickworks lie within the parish of Altham and I suspect that this is a product of the Accrington Nori works.

The Accrington Brick & Tile Co Ltd. ran the Whinney Hill brickworks between Huncoat and Enfield.

This radius brick is from the chimney of Sykes' bleach works in Edgeley, Stockport. The works ceased production in 1986 and the chimney was felled soon after. This example was saved from the rubble by the late Frank Wightman who was a wonderful draughtsman and spent his working career in the Accrington brickworks.

A high quality facing brick which came from the recent demolition of a former school and agricultural engineer's premises near to my home. The Redac works had a long life and finally closed in 1992.

The Whinney Hill works is situated between Enfield and Huncoat and continued in production until recently under the Hanson name. The factory is currently mothballed.

Ashworth Products at Church near Accrington is part of the PDM Group. This is one of the UK’s leading collectors and processors of used cooking oils. The Accrington plant is now the largest recovered vegetable oil processing plant in the UK. Vegetable oils are collected from a wide variety of catering establishments and food factories before being processed and refined into a range of recovered vegetable oils. Uses include animal feed fat blending, biodiesel, bio-fuel for renewable energy production at PDM’s Widnes plant, bio-fuel for co-firing in coal-fired power stations in place of fossil fuels.

Another design of lettering on an Accrington NORI brick.

The Redac works at Huncoat, Accrington, closed in 1992.

A product of the Enfield Brick and Terra Cotta Co Ltd, Accrington.

The Huncoat brickworks was one of two in the village, and produced high quality clay bricks.

The legendary Accrington NORI, said to be the hardest brick in the world. Legend has it that the name (iron backwards) came about due to the mould maker getting it wrong and the Iron brick became forever Nori.