Show on map AÂ series of concrete tanks were installed around the year 2000 with high surface area plastic media filtering the mine water, and ochre sludge is collected in the two-metre deep tanks.
Some of the plastic filters can be seen discarded by the side.
But the maintenance problems associated with the tanks and media becoming clogged were not initially appreciated and it no longer operates, with the beck still being stained by mine water.
Show on map Trough House is currently used a shooting hut.
But aerial photographs reveal the whole are is dotted with coal workings known as High Moor Colliery, and it may have originally related to those.
The stone over the door carries the date 1801
These photos were kindly shared by the owner of the item in question. They show the 1915 On War Service badge of Michael Pease.
These badges were issued to people to avoid them being accused to dodging military service, in this case this one was for the Cargo Fleet Iron Company Ltd
Part of the Pease dynasty of Quaker businessmen, Michael Lloyd Pease was born in 1891 and died in 1968, a photo of his grave can be seen here
Show on map The original of this plaque was produced in 1974 to mark the centenary of the Skinningrove Iron and Steelworks
It was designed by Cec Gorman and still hangs in the Tata Steel offices.
This replica was unveiled on Wednesday 14th May 2014 by his widow, Betty.
Show on map This furnace was originally on Spaunton Moor but was re-constructed at the Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-Le-Hole after it was excavated by Raymond Hayes during the 1960s/70s
The furnace was wood fired and dates from the late 16th century.
The central stones of the furnace are still covered in a colourful glaze.
Show on map I’ve recently moved offices and now see this plaque marking a Royal visit to Dorman Longs Steel Plant.
A case below carries the following plaque.
Inside the case is a fading signature from the day.
With this photo also on display.
This location is inside the current steelworks, so cannot be visited by the public.
Show on map There are few obvious remains of the once extensive whinstone quarries behind the hamlet of Esk Valley.
This overgrown lump of masonary was once a crusher next to the railway line.
On the opposite bank of the river is a bridge parapet, here is where a tramway crossed to another quarry at Green End, on the other side of the river.
Show on map Grey Towers was built between 1865 and 1867 for the ironmaster William Randolph
Hopkins, the designer was John Ross of Darlington. Its unsual colour is due to the whinstone used in its construction.
Hopkins, Gilkes and Co were ruined due to their part in the Tay Bridge Disaster and the house went on the market in 1879 for £30,000 but remained unsold.
It became the home of Sir Arthur Dorman, founder of Dorman Long between 1895-1931. After Dormans death the house was bought by Sir Thomas Gibson Poole as the site for Middlesbroughs tuberculosis sanatorium, however due to the 2nd World War it was not completed until 1945.
After the closure of the Poole Hospital in 1989 the house became a target for vandals but has since been converted into apartments
Show on map The railway between Castleton and Grosmont was opened on 2 October 1865 and this bridge is between those stations.
The date fits perfectly because “Head, Ashby and Co.” only existed from 1860 to 1867, after that they were called “Head Wrightson and Co Ltd”
Show on map I recently acquired a document from 1977 that was given to staff of the newly built Steel House.
Theres no longer a large canteen and kitchen and the branch of Barclays Bank is long gone, however the hessian walls are still here !
There were some teething troubles in late 1977 as only one lift was operational due to a strike by the national lift maintenance engineers.
A ‘modern’ office like this must have been quite something at the time as a series of open day was held in early 1978 with 1000+ friends and family visiting the building.