Isle of Cynder

[Cardiarms]

Industrial waste, clinker was a favourite back then for levelling and filling.

[The Parksider]

Cardiarms wrote: Industrial waste, clinker was a favourite back then for levelling and filling. Thank you, here's the book definition.....""Clinker is a general name given to waste from industrial processes — particularly those that involve smelting metals, burning fossil fuels and using a blacksmith's forge which will usually result in a large buildup of clinker around the tuyère. Clinker often forms a loose, black deposit that can consist of coke, coal, slag, charcoal, grit, and other waste materials.Clinker may be reused for paving footpaths. It is laid and rolled, and forms a hard path with a rough surface. Clinker often has a glassy look to it. It is much heavier than coke""So I assume the Leeds foundries and forges provided the bulk of this. For an example of a "clinker" (word of the month) path I guess Foundry Mill Lane alongside Wyke Beck....

[Jogon]

ParksiderMost helpful, we must all try and get 'clinker' into a conversation or correspondence, or evidence at court this coming week.Linked to this thread:-Can anyone sit me down and explain the correct use and difference between Mill LeatMill RaceGoitAqueductConduit

[Caron]

Clinkered if I know, Jogon

[jim]

Jogon wrote: Can anyone sit me down and explain the correct use and difference between Mill LeatMill RaceGoitAqueductConduit I'll do my best, Jogon:- A Mill Race covers all forms of water conducting routes. A Mill Leat is one dug straight from the ground with or without raised earthen banks.A Goit is one bounded by stone or brick.An Aqueduct is a stone or brick built viaduct like structure carrying water.A conduit is usually reserved in this sense to a piped supply, though the word can also be used for any supply or channel........and as a bonus, a launder is a wooden channel raised off the ground for the purpose of carrying water or slurries.All definitions subject to dispute and cries of "you don't know what you're on about".    

[Leodian]

Regarding the goit (presumably Mill Goit, but not named). On pages 246-250 in John Mayhall's 'Annals of Yorkshire' volume 3 there is a report (dated April 1st 1869) in which it states:- "During the past three years the North-Eastern Railway Company had carried on, and this day completed an undertaking which will rank amongst the many great engineering feats in the annals of railway enterprise; their extension line through Leeds being of a most gigantic and costly character....The bridge across Neville Street is composed of 11 wrought-iron girders, and has 60 feet clear span. Four brick arches, three of them 50 feet span, and one 16 feet wide, take the line on to Swinegate Bridge, across the intervening weir and goit. The goit span is skew in formation, and is possessed of great beauty, being lofty and symmetrical".    

[Jogon]

LeodianGood work. That's a really good contemporaneous note of it.I do hope that Network Rail may have some good images and/or plans.Once againJB303 has provided a useful image with clickable 'hover-over' infohere. Move your pointer around for details.http://www.flickr.com/photos/thanoz/3889878196/    

[Leodian]

Hi Jogon. The whole report is very interesting but much too long to copy. The start of the bit that I've quoted is the beginning of the report on page 246 but that starting "The bridge across Neville Street..." is on page 249 of the report and is only a small piece on that page!

[liits]

Had a read through the whole thread again and thought that this may help [well, it helped me because I couldn’t figure it out at all!].

[Jogon]

LiitsGreat technical help there.Marries up with the (still visible) Goit bridge under the arches corner of Neville St that Cardie found (see pic - its down below through that grill).