[Closed] Thursday Architecture Thread – Industrial

pffft! Call that a boat lift?

This is a boat lift. The Falkirk Wheel.

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M8 Harthill services footbridge

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A view from my childhood.

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Meh, you stole my boatlift. Anderton is about 2 miles from my house, I took a ride by it on Sunday evening. Some alternative views.

Haway man ,some canny bridges in tha north east.

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Stepney Green cavern for Crossrail.

My immediate thought was, that's a massive cylinder, and look at the size of the valves! (or those are incredibly tiny blokes).

We have one of those as well

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The Navigation Colliery Crumlin

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Was always impressed with the brickwork

Docklands, London.Before the Bankers moved in..

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The weir at Abbeystead:

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Has to be Ironbridge surely.

Stepney Green cavern for Crossrail.

For I moment I thought they were standing inside a massive cylinder head

Its not well documented in photos on the web (which makes me wonder if I'm the only one who thinks this) but the Pilkington's factory complex in St Helens has got some fantastic lines and forms going on

The picture doesn't do it justice but it throws some great shapes on the skyline

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I think I need to chat someone up for an artist in residency gig

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That colliery is so awesome, just looked it up. sounds like it's gonna fall into it's own mineshaft or something. Whenever i've driven passed it i always wondered why it hadnt been regenerated sooner!

Meh, you stole my boatlift. Anderton is about 2 miles from my house, I took a ride by it on Sunday evening. Some alternative views.

Well, seeing as it was designed by my Great great grandfather, I'd say that I have a pretty good claim to it too.

Keeping it out of the family, I will go for the Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam

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Lime Street station, liverpool,

the tobacco warehouse , liverpool,

the sugar silo liverpool docks, due to be converted to a state of the art film studio,

Storm drains and the like are pretty good. Have a Japanese one:

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There are some amazing brick ones about too.

Didcot power station towers. Miss the three that have gone.

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Seeing that on the train meant I was only 20 mins from home

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This is the Crossness pumping station in London, stunning Victorian industry. Was lucky enough to have a guided visit with Thames Water, it is trully stunning and was just a sewage pumping station

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Manchester tunnels

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Fawley Refinery.

Its glow accompanies me on most night rides 😯

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Just thought of a Mancunian masterpiece. The largest brick build structure in the UK, and one of the largest IN THE WORLD. Was the largest of it's type when build. I give you the Stockport Viaduct. [img] [/img]

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Always know I'm nearly home when I see this from the M1. Tallest building in the UK (yes it is, damn it, Londoners you can shove that pathetic little Shard up yer Tube). 😉

Oh and it's called [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emley_Moor_transmitting_station ]Emley Moor Mast[/url], not **** "Arqiva Tower", Jesus H Christ I ask you...

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Yeah, it's amazing how many people of a certain generation round our way were watching telly when that happened... 🙂

I can't find a picture that really does it justice but the Blackwater Reservoir Dam above Kinlochleven is pretty impressive. Longest dam in Scotland apparently. Riding up to it feels like approaching the Black Gate of Mordor or something.

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Temple Works, Leeds

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The famous picture of the CN Tower in Toronto:

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I've heard it takes an hour to go all the way round ^^^

An obvious one - A popular venue for the bikes and a poster child for the beautiful stonework that the old water corporations were for whatever reason compelled to adopt.

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I'll try a bit harder now and come up with something more esoteric.

For the mast fans have a sound track