An old one here from the Wiltshire meetup – currently getting through my backlog of reports!
After stocking up on supplies for the weekend, Maniac and Frost kindly gave sirjonnyp and myself a nice tour round Monks/Ridge.
Finally got round to getting a tripod for this one so had a few teething problems along the way (as you can see from the slightly lopsided crane below - that was completely intentional
but nothing too major!
And after that, it was off to Sainsbury’s to use their facilities
Here’s the damage:
Monks…
Monks Park was one of the last underground quarries in operation, closing in 2005. It was initially called Sumsions Monks or Monks North in 1886 by Sumsions. Later still, the mine was under the ownership of The Bath and Portland Stone Company before this later became ARC and then Hanson. The quarry was taken over by the War Department in 1937 for use as an ammunition and explosives store. However, the site was surplus to requirements in 1941 and remained unused until 1954. A two year conversion of 10 acres of the quarry, including a new reinforced lift shaft, then provided additional storage for the Royal Navy.
And Ridge (there’s some great old graffiti down here)…
Ridge Quarry, a small underground Bath-stone quarry at The Ridge near Corsham in Wiltshire was taken over in 1915 for TNT and cordite storage. It was abandoned shortly after the war but subsequently was to figure as a key progenitor of the vast schemes undertaken at Corsham in preparation for the Second World War.
Was this drawn by… a woman? :O
After stocking up on supplies for the weekend, Maniac and Frost kindly gave sirjonnyp and myself a nice tour round Monks/Ridge.
Finally got round to getting a tripod for this one so had a few teething problems along the way (as you can see from the slightly lopsided crane below - that was completely intentional
but nothing too major!And after that, it was off to Sainsbury’s to use their facilities
Here’s the damage:
Monks…
Monks Park was one of the last underground quarries in operation, closing in 2005. It was initially called Sumsions Monks or Monks North in 1886 by Sumsions. Later still, the mine was under the ownership of The Bath and Portland Stone Company before this later became ARC and then Hanson. The quarry was taken over by the War Department in 1937 for use as an ammunition and explosives store. However, the site was surplus to requirements in 1941 and remained unused until 1954. A two year conversion of 10 acres of the quarry, including a new reinforced lift shaft, then provided additional storage for the Royal Navy.
And Ridge (there’s some great old graffiti down here)…
Ridge Quarry, a small underground Bath-stone quarry at The Ridge near Corsham in Wiltshire was taken over in 1915 for TNT and cordite storage. It was abandoned shortly after the war but subsequently was to figure as a key progenitor of the vast schemes undertaken at Corsham in preparation for the Second World War.
Was this drawn by… a woman? :O
