{"id":61132,"date":"2010-11-24T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61132"},"modified":"2024-01-05T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:21:26","slug":"mine-barrows-at-skinningrove-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=61132","title":{"rendered":"Steel Works 1914"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1149\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000135-a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61131\" style=\"width:705px;height:736px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000135-a-1.jpg 1149w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000135-a-1-287x300.jpg 287w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000135-a-1-144x150.jpg 144w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/000135-a-1-400x418.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1149px) 100vw, 1149px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>A long time ago on Skinningrove works\u00a0 the \u2019barrows\u2019 are there some still laden, they must have been very heavy for one man to pull when fully loaded, each barow is numbered and I am supposing each man had his own barrow. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This further image of Mine Barrows in use at Skinningrove works also dates from about 1914, showing barrows already filled with ironstone awaiting hoisting to the furnace tops. Robert Silkstone pointed out the importance of these images: &#8220;these tubs are rarely photographed at  ground level. They are the tubs that were taken by men who hand charged  the blast furnaces before the conveyor system was introduced. The shape  of the tub is deleberate to allow charging at the top of the furnace.<\/strong>&#8221; <strong>Eric Johnson explained their use at Skinningrove works: &#8220;At Skinningrove ironworks the term \u201dmine\u201d refers to the ironstone carried in the barrows which came from the company\u2019s Loftus mine, this stone was roasted in kilns and the calcined ironstone was taken from the kilns to the weigh machine cabin. Then weighed and the barrows hoisted to the furnace top, emptied and returned. Coke and limestone were also carried in the barrows, but they were always known as \u201dmine barrows\u201d.<\/strong> <strong>Steven Partlett was able to confirm this analysis with:<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>My father worked these after  Loftus mine closed and he moved to the Ironworks. What is not obvious  in these images is that the ground where they operated was completely  covered in plates which were either Steel or Iron. The barrows had a  knife edged wheel, similar to a flanged rail wheel. The combination  reduced friction, and made it easier to push the loaded barrows. The  area was known in the works as \u201cthe plates\u201d because of the feature.&#8221; These plated areas can be seen if careful attention is paid to the lower areas of these images.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Image (from a glass plate negative) and information courtesy of Eric Johnson, also thanks to Robert Silkstone and Steve Partlett for the updated information.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>A long time ago on Skinningrove works the \u2019barrows\u2019 are there some still laden, they must have been very heavy for one man to pull when fully loaded, each barow is numbered and I am supposing each man had his own barrow. <\/p>\n<p>This further image of Mine Barrows in use at Skinningrove works [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ironsteel-works","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61132"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77656,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61132\/revisions\/77656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}