The Anish Kapoor sculpture Temenos is nearing completion
 
 
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A few facts a figures on the scupture.
Temenos Sculpture – Under Construction
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Show on map Monthly Archives: May 2010
Show on map Middlesbrough Dock Clock Tower / Water Tower
Show on map The original tower was built by John Middleton in 1847, only three sides of the clock tower have a face because they were erected by subscription and its said the businesses on the blank side didn’t want their workers clockwatching.
 
After numerous redesigns of the docks, the current tower is said to date from around 1870, it doubled as a water tower to maintaining water pressure in the dock gates.
Middlesbrough Players War Memorial
Show on map At the beginning of the ‘Boro Brick Road’ outside the Riverside Stadium are a series of bricks to commemorate the 8 Middlesbrough players killed in both World Wars.
- Andrew Jackson died 1917
- Henry Cook died 1917
- Donald McLeod died 1917
- Bobby Atherton died 1917
- Archibald Wilson died 1918
- Dick Wynn died 1919
- David Murphy died 1944
- Ralph Arran died 1944
Their full stories can be read here
Farndale / Blakey Ironstone Mines
Show on map The Farnsdale mines operated between 1873 and 1897 under the Blakey Iron Company and later the Farndale Iron Company.
An incline can be followed down to the location from the railway line up at Blakey Junction.
 
At the bottom of the incline, a tramway ran along the hillside at the level of the ironstone
 
Most of the remains are obscured by subsequent rock falls, but one small drift is still visible.
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Blakey Junction Railway Bridge
Show on map At this point the railway link to the Rosedale mines passed under the road.
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A cutting can be seen approching the now blocked bridge, with a junction in the left of the photo leading off to the Blakey / Farndale mines.
A row of cottages were also present at this junction but have since been demolished.
Grangetown Power Station
Show on map I have marked the original location of the Grangetown Power Station built by the Cleveland and Durham Electric Company in 1906 which worked until 1937 and was finally demolished in 1969 to make way for the new steel plant. It was the first in the world to generate at 11,000 volts.
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The current position of the date stone and plaque is elsewhere within the Corus site, so cannot be visited by the public.
Water Pumping Station, Slapewath / Charltons
Show on map I’ve not been able to find out much about this concrete structure on Wileycat Beck
 
Its been suggested to me it was used to pump water to Guisborough during shortages, although I would be keen to hear any further details anyone may have.
Slapewath Ironstone Mine
Show on map The Slapewath mine was originally started by Thomas Charlton in 1864 via a drift near the village names after him. The shafts date from a later period of around 1880 when the mine was being operated by Samuelson & Co.
The downcast shaft now surrounded by a high wall is 286 feet deep
The upcast / ventilation shaft is located a little to the NW and is of similar depth.
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A sizeable heap of spoil is still on the site, which has been cut by a farm track
 