Rail Workshop, Melton Mowbray, Oct 08.

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Kaputnik

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Eagle eyed Fezzyben spotted this place, through the trees near the station at Melton recently while him, Ashless and me were looking at possible explore sites, decided to go back for a look one morning when i was up too early with nothing much to do....
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couldn't get much of an outdoor shot of the place, due to the undergrowth around it, looks to have been a workhop of some kind, close to the station, and the river Eye.
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fire damage has weakened much of the floor, and the roof is mostly missing....
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this arched vaulted area under the floor was interesting, not sure why it would have been built like that, the building is fairly close to the river though, so maybe it was to allow for high river levels
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various railway related artefacts were dotted about in the leaves outside...
not sure what these held originally, there were a few around the place
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liked this old leg vice, the leg, an extension of the fixed vice jaw, would be in contact with the ground, so this type of vice could take a lot of hammer without wrecking the workbench it was bolted to, all the force being transmitted to the ground, commonly seen in blacksmiths workshops, and forges,
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almost put my foot down a hole in the ground nearby, poked the camera inside, and it looks like the underground pipework for pumping water from the nearby river to the station, back in the days of steam
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in a direct line from the pipes were these, some sort of debris filters in the river.
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if anyone knows any more about this place, or similar buildings and what exactly they were used for, i'd be interested to know. thanks for looking :)
 
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It looks like the place some of us Leicester lot were looking at on flash earth ages ago. Interesting to see a few bits and pieces left :)
 
Interesting old place,love those arches beneath the floors and all the old artefacts lying around.I think those old cans were for the fuel for the oil lamps they used to use.Nice work and nice photos too:)
 
I love the picture of that old sump. Nice site.
 
Very, very nice find. Really do like this. Those arches underneath the building look like the area flooded a lot, so the building was built on legs similar to stilts, but these arches match up to the windows in the upper part of the building.

love seeing all the different railway bits and pieces lying around in the undergrowth. Excellent find and excellent pics. I love anything to do with railways.

Love it.

Cheers,

:) Sal
 
The main structure of the place is in really good condition, considering, if it's as old as the station, it's around 150 yrs old! shame some idiots have been in and set light to the place at some point. bet it was a real busy place in it's heyday.
 
All the mods are getting really really bored with deleting access information from peoples posts...
 

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