tarboat's photos with the keyword: lorry

A load of limestone heads for the primary crusher at the Cemex owned Dove Holes Quarry. The drilling machine waits on the working bench behind.

Local transport at Bawdwin on the top section of the Burma Mines Railway was this converted Hino truck. This is No.2 of 3 and has direct drive to the front wheels and belt drive to the rear.

The closed Newbridge Quarry at Pickering had this Foden tanker parked up looking sad and with no work to do. I suspect this is a former military vehicle.

Whilst waiting for the train at Kyle of Lochalsh we were surprised to see three windmill blades being transported across the Skye Bridge away from the Island. I would love to know where they were coming from and where they were going. I can only surmise that these had been taken from an existing structure and replaced by new ones.

What the hell does that mean? Corporate bollocks at its best once again. Seen near Nottingham this afternoon.

Hanson's Atkinson lorries under the loaders at Riddings Drift in 1970.

"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.

Part of the Earle's Cement fleet of Foden lorries lined up for a group photograph at Hope cement works in 1939.

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

Mrs Tarboat and I pass the hours whilst on long car journeys watching out for the slogans on the goods vehicles that we pass. Some can be mildly amusing whilst others are just factual, and then there are the pretentious nonsense types such as this.

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.

HL 3865 on an internal level crossing at Barrington Cement Works in Cambridgeshire. Sadly this site has now closed and there is no chance of seeing scenes like this again.

Panorama of the new secondary crushing and screening plant at Pentre Halkyn quarry.

Loading limestone at Dowlow Quarry.

Day's end at Pentre Halkyn limestone quarry.

The central power plant of the City of Stoke-on-Trent Electricity Department at Hanley was started up on 10th April 1913. This allowed a three-phase supply in bulk to the undertakings of Burslem, Hanley, Longton and Stoke. Demand was such that the plant was extended in 1919 and 1922. The Electricity Department operated a fleet of electric vehicles as seen in this view from c1920 outside the power house at Hanley. I have no information about the vehicles and would welcome further details.

Spotted whilst turning the car round at Shawforth near Bacup.