South of the Yorkshire town of Holmfirth. Just off a minor road is Holmfirth ROC Post.
Situated in a compound at the end of a row of telegraph poles complete with cable.
The gate had seen better days.
The post itself looked in reasonable condition. Notice the non-standard hatch. (torlift). and the hole someone has chiseled away to break the lock.
The GZI (ground zero indicator) mount has been broken off and placed on-top of the hatch to keep it shut.
This was a master post note the dome on the ventilation shaft.
Once the GZI mount was removed (slotted neatly into its original position) the hatch virtually opened itself.
Looking down the shaft. Notice the rubber seal.
And looking back out again.
Detail of the air vent in the shaft.
The cover over the sump at the bottom of the ladder is very rusty and dipped when i stepped on it. the post was dry other than a bit of water in the sump. I tried to pump it out but the pump Handle had seized. The operations room was generally tidy most of the communications equipment was still present. Although there was no teletalk and various items were hanging off the wall on their wires. the battery switching box was also in place.
Unusually there was 13 amp sockets down there. there was an aerial in the toilet cubical so I assume the post had been used by a radio ham.
Whilst walking round the perimeter of the compound I found this second smaller hatch.
I just had to open it.
This appeared to be some sort of storage for flammable liquids. It contained several very rust tins of chemicals.
Sorry but I didn't delve any further int this hatch. I wasn't going to stick my hand in there.
I left the post the same way that i found it.
You can see more ROC post pictures at the following link:
http://flickr.com/groups/roc_posts/
Rob..
Situated in a compound at the end of a row of telegraph poles complete with cable.
The gate had seen better days.
The post itself looked in reasonable condition. Notice the non-standard hatch. (torlift). and the hole someone has chiseled away to break the lock.
The GZI (ground zero indicator) mount has been broken off and placed on-top of the hatch to keep it shut.
This was a master post note the dome on the ventilation shaft.
Once the GZI mount was removed (slotted neatly into its original position) the hatch virtually opened itself.
Looking down the shaft. Notice the rubber seal.
And looking back out again.
Detail of the air vent in the shaft.
The cover over the sump at the bottom of the ladder is very rusty and dipped when i stepped on it. the post was dry other than a bit of water in the sump. I tried to pump it out but the pump Handle had seized. The operations room was generally tidy most of the communications equipment was still present. Although there was no teletalk and various items were hanging off the wall on their wires. the battery switching box was also in place.
Unusually there was 13 amp sockets down there. there was an aerial in the toilet cubical so I assume the post had been used by a radio ham.
Whilst walking round the perimeter of the compound I found this second smaller hatch.
I just had to open it.
This appeared to be some sort of storage for flammable liquids. It contained several very rust tins of chemicals.
Sorry but I didn't delve any further int this hatch. I wasn't going to stick my hand in there.
I left the post the same way that i found it.
You can see more ROC post pictures at the following link:
http://flickr.com/groups/roc_posts/
Rob..