Mystery Tower

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 10:07 am

Chemimike, I second Parksider's comment, marvellous pictures. The first is indeed the wagon towers on each side of the LNWR & L&Y Warehouse taken from the west looking east. The second is from more or less the same spot but facing north, and depicts the Grain Warehouse ( GNR ) further to the west along Wellington Street towards the YEP site---I think an offlice building is currently on the site. To the left of the granary ( as it was known by local railwaymen ) can be seen the partly dismantled shed built in the 1960s on the site of the earlier NER Goods Shed. So---not the Bonding Warehouse, but a great picture of another part of Wellington Street Goods Yard.

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 12:49 pm

Thanks for clearing up those identifications (it was a long time ago ). I was a bit doubtful about which warehouse it was , but had concluded that the following was the grain warehouse complexhttp://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38/jeemikejee/wellington%20st%20central%20station/?action=view&current=22A.jpghttp://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38/jeemikejee/wellington%20st%20central%20station/?action=view&current=23A.jpg which i think is the same as http://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38 ... nt=14A.jpg which was taken on a different day as there are intervening pics. The 1960s building is shown better here:http://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38 ... nt=27A.jpg . B ut what is http://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38 ... nt=25A.jpg . It is in ht emiddle of the other pics of the wellington st area. did i go away somewhere else and then come back ?

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 1:06 pm

That lot really is something to 'find in the attic' Mike - makes you wonder what else we might all find that we've forgotten about one day.Wonderful.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 1:57 pm

Stumbled across these phots, some may laready have seen them. There's a lot and they are a bit mixed up but some good photos of Marsh Lane, Wellington Street Goods and Leeds Stations and the yorkshire environs. Here's a taster:http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/sho ... 463951633/

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 2:10 pm

More great photos Mike! Here are some IDs for you :-1 - GNR Goods Shed NW elevation from N. 2 - Grain Warehouse from S.3 - GNR Goods Shed NW elevation from SW.4 - GNR Goods Shed SW elevation.5 - LNWR & L&Y Goods Shed Hoist Towers from W.6 - GNR Goods Shed SE elevation from S.7 & 8 - 1960s Tranship Shed from S.Note that in picture 6 the corner of the extant Hoist Tower can just be seen to the right, with beyond it part of the Bonding Warehouse, know to all staff as "t' Bond". Further back still, at the other side of Wellington Street the extant Crowe's building can be made out. The sidings down the NW side of the GNR Goods Shed in the late 1950s held a "demic" brake van for some months. The stove was lit continually, and the van was home to the longest running "solo"school I ever came across!

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 3:34 pm

Thanks again Jim. Could I impose on you again as to this building (main and bat back). This seems far too large to be the bonded warehouse on the maphttp://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38/jeemikejee/wellington%20st%20central%20station/?action=view&current=15A.jpghttp://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38/jeemikejee/wellington%20st%20central%20station/?action=view&current=12A.jpgAlso, any idea where these two would have been (same room I think):http://s431.photobucket.com/albums/qq38 ... ent=9A.jpg

Si · Post by Si » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 4:10 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Stumbled across these phots, some may laready have seen them. There's a lot and they are a bit mixed up but some good photos of Marsh Lane, Wellington Street Goods and Leeds Stations and the yorkshire environs. Here's a taster:http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/sho ... 463951633/ Leeds, railways and the Beatles!Is this your collection, Cardi?If so, I have an original print of Paul McCartney taken by his brother (c.1962 at Forthlin Road), and printed by Terry Cryer that you might be interested in.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 4:37 pm

Here's the site of Jim's mystery tower from the Godfrey 1847-1863 large scale map. Nothing there. I've always wondered about the large areas of "nothing" on this particular map. What was there? If it was open spaces, what did it look like? Fields? Dereliction? I didn't see yesterday's YEP, so can't comment on the picture of the tower. Can anyone put it up on here?

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 4:41 pm

If you click my link above, the second image that comes up is of the stations and the structure can be made out but not in much detail. Chimney, river, tower = pump of some kind? Extracting water for use in the sheds?

jim · Post by **jim** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 4:45 pm

Could you impose, Mike? Look, you want photo IDs, I want to see the pictures! Seems the perfect symbiotic relationship to me. ( oo-er missus )The first two pictures are of the eastern face of the Grain Warehouse, but after the box-like wooden structures up the sides ( called "lucams" in the south, but not, I think, locally ) have been dismantled. The were enclosures for "jiggers", the name used for mechanical lifting devices used for lifting and lowering goods from upper floors. They were a sort of jibless crane in effect, and had various types of drive, none of which would please present-day Health and Safety.I used to maintain them at one time.The two office photos I have no way of identifying, but suspect they would probably have been located in the buildings fronting the road in the photo taken from across Wellington Street.Hope this answers your questions.