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Greenbat
Greenwood & Batley were a large engineering manufacturer with a wide range of products, including armaments, electrical engineering, and printing and milling machinery. They also produced a range of battery-electric locomotive, battery-electric railway locomotives under the brand name ''Greenbat''. The works was in Armley, Leeds, UK. Introduction Thomas Greenwood and John Batley first set up their business in 1856, both having previously worked at Fairburn's Wellington Foundry in Leeds. Their first premises, the Albion Foundry, was taken over from Thomas W. Lord. The foundry was located on East Street by the River Aire (Aire & Calder Navigation), however this quickly became too small for their needs and in 1859 they constructed the Albion Works in Armley Road, Leeds. In 1885 the company branched out into Flour and Oil Milling Machinery as a result of the acquisition of the business of Joseph Whitham, Perseverance Iron Works, Kirkstall Road, Leeds. By 1888 the works covered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steeple Grange Light Railway
The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow-gauge, heritage railway visitor attraction near Wirksworth in Derbyshire, UK. It uses industrial locomotives and rolling stock from disused mines, quarries, and steelworks around the country. The line The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a , gauge narrow gauge line, built in 1985 on the former Killer's Branch line from Steeple House Junction of the Cromford and High Peak Railway to Middleton Quarry in Derbyshire. The line features a steep 1:27 (3.7 %) gradient incline from the back of the engine shed to the station near Middleton by Wirksworth which has a pathway leading to Main Street. At Dark Lane there is a carriage and wagon shed which houses the railway's coaching stock alongside a few locomotives that are under maintenance and various maintenance wagons. The railway has reached its goal of extending the line up from the Recreation Ground station, towards Lawson's Loop (a runaround siding for trains to pass one another) past t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
