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Report - Ferrybridge Barge Tippler and Coal Prep..Yorkshire June 2018

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Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
In 1964 with the soon to be built C site it was decided the best way to bring coal to the power staion from the nearby Kellingly colliery was by barge. Three barges which could carry 210 tonnes which would be dragged by tug up the river. The tippler would use big arms to lift the barges forty foot into the hair delivering it into hoppers which would then be sent on coal conveyors to the power station. The system designed by Strachen and Henshaw of Bristol, and was the only one in the country. The tippler could empty a barge in nine minutes, so this would mean an average of a thousand tonnes of coal could be delivered in an hour. The railway board did try to argue there case but management went with the barge and tippler system. Later on trains became far more used for the transportation, the tippler was then no longer used from 1990.

The tug would be fed into the channel here. The tug would be left in the channel to be guided in by a marshalling arm.

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Joy sticks to manoeuvre the marshalling arm.

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The roller arms to lift the barge up.

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Half way up we are behind the lift, below are the hoppers.

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Right at the top of the tippler sot the big winch wheels to power the lifting of the arms.
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The coal would be then taken through the coal prep area and up the steep conveyor belts. Their are two conveyor belts with a walkway in-between.

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Most of the belts had been removed, even had signs saying about removal. But this one remained.
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Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
Regular User
Nicely covered. Good piece of industry there. I see those empty struts as pieces of art. I do see beauty in the oddest of things. Like this. :thumb
 

Funkymunkster

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
In 1964 with the soon to be built C site it was decided the best way to bring coal to the power staion from the nearby Kellingly colliery was by barge. Three barges which could carry 210 tonnes which would be dragged by tug up the river. The tippler would use big arms to lift the barges forty foot into the hair delivering it into hoppers which would then be sent on coal conveyors to the power station. The system designed by Strachen and Henshaw of Bristol, and was the only one in the country. The tippler could empty a barge in nine minutes, so this would mean an average of a thousand tonnes of coal could be delivered in an hour. The railway board did try to argue there case but management went with the barge and tippler system. Later on trains became far more used for the transportation, the tippler was then no longer used from 1990.

The tug would be fed into the channel here. The tug would be left in the channel to be guided in by a marshalling arm.

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Joy sticks to manoeuvre the marshalling arm.

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The roller arms to lift the barge up.

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Half way up we are behind the lift, below are the hoppers.

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Right at the top of the tippler sot the big winch wheels to power the lifting of the arms.
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The coal would be then taken through the coal prep area and up the steep conveyor belts. Their are two conveyor belts with a walkway in-between.

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Most of the belts had been removed, even had signs saying about removal. But this one remained.
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Really nice
I always wanted to have a proper look at this one but never got round to it
And it's too late now
That arm to position the barges (Tom Puddings?) was affectionately known as "Jumbo" cos the workers reckoned it looked like an elephant
Thanks for the report
 

Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Really nice
I always wanted to have a proper look at this one but never got round to it
And it's too late now
That arm to position the barges (Tom Puddings?) was affectionately known as "Jumbo" cos the workers reckoned it looked like an elephant
Thanks for the report
It's looking a bit bare over that area now. I can see why they called it that.
 

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