Carnforth: the ash plant is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. A Interwar Industrial plant.
Carnforth: the ash plant
- WRENN ID
- rusted-forge-wind
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- Industrial plant
- Period
- Interwar
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plant for handling ash produced by steam locomotives, 1939 for the London Midland Scottish Railway.
MATERIALS: reinforced concrete with mainly steel mechanisms.
DESIGN: the plant is of mass concrete in the form of a tower which spans a standard gauge line. The main body of the tower forms a hopper designed to discharge directly into wagons placed on the line below. The pit for the ash bin is between the tracks on the eastern side of the tower, the bin and the mechanism for raising it up the tower to empty into the hopper still being in situ. The plant's control cabin forms the top of the tower.
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