cookridge mystery?

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 06 Mar, 2012 7:19 pm

OK OK it may have been done before.....Head out of Cookridge toward Otley and Bramhope past the Old Modernians and on your left in the trees on the hill is a "structure". From a distance and with a knowledge that there are air shafts built up over the bramhope tunnel one assumes it's an air shaft.The air shaft and line of the tunnel is further over though.What's the structure (or if we've done this before can I be reminded what the structure is!!)Also on the line of the Bramhope tunnel with it's wide air shaft tops in circular stone, theirs a chimney??? Why????

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Tue 06 Mar, 2012 7:53 pm

I believe the "chimney" was built as a sighting tower for the engineers during the building of the tunnel.If phill.d is around, he'll provide a more detailed history and possibly a photo as I remember seeing this on his Flickr site

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 06 Mar, 2012 7:55 pm

Tasa wrote: I believe the "chimney" was built as a sighting tower for the engineers during the building of the tunnel.If phill.d is around, he'll provide a more detailed history and possibly a photo as I remember seeing this on his Flickr site I do indeed Tasa Photo and info herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/3209150010/

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Tue 06 Mar, 2012 10:47 pm

I think the structure on the hill is an air shaft for the tunnel -- if it's the one I'm thinking of it's apparent when looking on Google Earth but looks to be in the wrong place on the ground because of the curve of the tunnel.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 06 Mar, 2012 11:46 pm

You mean this, actually in the woods on the hill.You can drive up to it at that new Farm/Cafe/Residential place.Looks like a concrete water tower to me. PARKSIDER is that the thing you mean? 'Scuse the photo quality, a 'good' pic of a large Dog Fox turned into a cr*p shot of tree hill structure when DF ran orf. The light was going & photoshop is a mystery to me.

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 07 Mar, 2012 1:01 am

Follow the link in Phils message,the answer awaits

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 07 Mar, 2012 1:33 pm

Jogon wrote: You mean this, actually in the woods on the hill.You can drive up to it at that new Farm/Cafe/Residential place.Looks like a concrete water tower to me. PARKSIDER is that the thing you mean? That's it, it's not connected with the Bramhope tunnel route, and a concrete water tower is a likely answer?It's unusual, and may pre date our water towers on legs we have in Moortown, Miggy and Cookridge.But to water what???

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 07 Mar, 2012 1:33 pm

cnosni wrote: Follow the link in Phils message,the answer awaits The answer to the sighting tower or water tower?

headingleylad · Post by **headingleylad** » Wed 07 Mar, 2012 2:30 pm

It has nothing to do with the railway tunnel, I believe that it was a gun mounting put up during the second world war for anti-aircraft measures for the protection of the RAF Yeadon and the aircraft works.The second sighting tower on the Bramhope Tunnel was sighted near to Breary Lane in Bramhope, These towers could see each other and each one portal at the ends of the tunnel.John

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Wed 07 Mar, 2012 2:34 pm

There seems to be a little confusion over this question, seen as we couldn't actually see what Parksider was referring until Jogon kindly got a photo for us, me and Tasa were answering the second part of the question.''Also on the line of the Bramhope tunnel with it's wide air shaft tops in circular stone, theirs a chimney??? Why????