Report - Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire, 1987-ish

[Steambod]

Awesome report. It looks quite big from the pictures

The tunnel down from Main West is about 12ft wide, the main vent duct is about 25ft wide and 15ft high, the fans are about 8-12ft diameter. There was a battery room about the size of a single garage which I didn't get a piccy of which had shelves of 10-gallon size glass batteries for the emergency lights. At one point a group I was involved with were looking at doing a sponsored walk and it was suggested doing it down the mine. I worked out that covering all the passages you could walk about 10 miles!
So, yes it is a bit big!

 

[vampire]

thanks for sharing and great pics

 

[Steambod]

What else you got tucked away in the drawer :

Love this old stuff, done some bits of MF and never tire of seeing this sort of stuff

Well, with 20/20 hindsight I'd have taken a load more but trying to get my photos sorted and scanned in: got some more interesting bits if I can find them, Torpantau tunnel in the Brecon Beacons which I went through several times in the 1980s and Box Mine about 1986, did a load of surveys of semi-derelict Transco sites/offices about 3 years ago, trouble is my photos are mainly plant and equipment. Have to get some shots of more interesting bits next time.

 

[Montstar]

Only just seen this, fantastic. Really makes me miss Monkton Farleigh though!

 

[raisinwing]

Top drawer is this, thanks for posting

 

[gadgeturbex]

Brilliant, thanks for taking the time to share this!

 

[Altair]

Thanks for digging that lot out, good read was that

 

[Trevithick]

That was "our" era, it all went downhill after that.