A quarry (?) between Whitehall Road and Cobden Road

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 23 Jan, 2012 9:40 pm

I've just been wandering through the Google Satellite view of Leeds and I came across a view that intrigued me. There seems to be a large active quarry (? sand) and further up an odd looking area that I wonder if it may be allotments. To the top of the latter area is what looks like some interesting large curved ridges (better seen in a zoomed view). What are, or were, those? This link will hopefully bring up the overall view. http://www.google.com/maps?q=COBDEN+ROA ... &vpsrc=6It is fascinating what can be found on Google Satellite view, particularly if you do not know an area.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 23 Jan, 2012 9:49 pm

Mone Brother's depot. I think they truck it in:http://www.google.com/maps?q=COBDEN+ROA ... 84,,2,0.88

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 23 Jan, 2012 9:51 pm

Thanks Cardiarms. So it may not be a quarry.

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Mon 23 Jan, 2012 9:52 pm

Its not a quarry as such, but Mone Bros New Farnley depot.They also operate a sandstone quarry at Bramhope, undertake a wide range of plant hire, demolition, recycling and general earthworks. As I understand it the depot operates as a virtual quarry, handling & processing demolition materials and recycling them for reuse as aggregates (hence the crushers and screens visible from Google Earth) as well traditional raw aggregates http://www.monebros.co.uk/index.htmhttp ... diy.co.uk/

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Mon 23 Jan, 2012 9:55 pm

Cheers grumpytramp.

Steevo · Post by **Steevo** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:25 am

Leodian - This is on the site of the old Fireclay Works site. Just north of the picture you posted is the site of the railway in talking about in my thread about the Farnley Railway. You can actually get into the industrial estate from the track of the old railway. CheersSteevo.

Steevo · Post by **Steevo** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 11:26 am

And yes - those Allotments are still there - Interestingly there are ducks and chickens on there

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 12:41 pm

Cheers Steevo. It was your interesting post on the Farnley Railway that aroused my curiosity to look around the area in Google Satellite.I still wonder what the curved ridge and furrow like things are or were. They consist of 4 obvious ones with a smaller grassed over (?) one to their left and another grassed over one to their right, with a possible further small one to the right of that. Whatever they are or were they get abruptly cut off in the allotment area.

Steevo · Post by **Steevo** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 12:57 pm

Leodian - Do you near the ones left off cobden road up the path that ends just where they are? If so let me know - Ill go up with my camera and have a rummage around on saturday. Just trying to clarify where you mean? In the industrial estate proper or actually in the allotments? The allotments are on the maps dating years back - and before that nothing on the maps. let me know ill take Bess down and she can walk me ha ha ! CheersSteevo

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Tue 24 Jan, 2012 1:15 pm

Steevo wrote: Leodian - Do you near the ones left off cobden road up the path that ends just where they are? If so let me know - Ill go up with my camera and have a rummage around on saturday. Just trying to clarify where you mean? In the industrial estate proper or actually in the allotments? The allotments are on the maps dating years back - and before that nothing on the maps. let me know ill take Bess down and she can walk me ha ha ! CheersSteevo Hi Steevo. This link will show the curved ridge and furrows like things in the central area of the Google Satellite view. I just hope they are actually nothing of note! http://www.google.com/maps?q=COBDEN+ROA ... 19&vpsrc=6