Hidden away in a valley, This steam crane has sat here for 100 years !

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

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  • @Chosies1
    @Chosies1 Год назад +4

    Another fantastic and interesting video! Thank you Martin James Roy and beautiful Timmy! 🐕❤

  • @VanaPica
    @VanaPica Год назад +25

    Yes, getting ready for another interesting history lesson they failed to give in school.

  • @UsualmikeTelevision
    @UsualmikeTelevision Год назад

    Hidden away in the middle of nowhere for over 100 years. Nice to see it in situ as the day it was left. What a lovely place and great video!

  • @kevinpalmer7452
    @kevinpalmer7452 Год назад +68

    Another masterpiece lads. Got to thinking how many dawns and dusks that old crane has seen from its resting place it’s steel frozen by the winter of 63 and hot to the touch in the summer of 76. Comet Hale - Bopp that was clearly visible in the sky in 95 for many months maybe the occasional spitfire in the sky during world war 2 - fireworks in the far distance celebrating each new year someone tell me I’m not the only one that this lovely video didn’t cause the mind to wander 🫠

    • @ih8hertz1
      @ih8hertz1 Год назад

      U need to get out more

  • @missmerrily4830
    @missmerrily4830 Год назад +21

    What some fabulous scenery we were treated to in this video. Just stunning! And the crane is a marvel and just amazing that it's stood there so silently and undisturbed for so long. From an age when our engineering was the best in the world. An enormous thing and in a strange way its size made me think of science fiction movies and H G Wells' War of the Worlds. A smashing video guys, thank you!

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Год назад

      Yes it did have a steam punk quality

  • @sarahcrowther6267
    @sarahcrowther6267 Год назад +5

    Fabulous chaps and timmy. Hope you all enjoyed your trek. James hit the nail on the head when he mentioned "no graffiti" lovely to see that, clean and undisturbed. 🥰🐾🐾🐾

  • @kevinbrennan2004
    @kevinbrennan2004 Год назад

    When you first showed that old crane, in its "natural environment, it literally took my breath away. Like you guys. i fervent hope that is left alone for all to enjoy, and marvel at, for many years to come.

  • @bobuilt10
    @bobuilt10 Год назад +9

    I loved this video Martin and what a great way for one of the industrial Goliath's to return back to nature. Looking at how the cast parts are surviving I'm pretty sure they will still be around in another 100 years. With regards to the holes in the stone, thats not for explosive, it is for a technique called plug and feather. A series of wedges are systematically driven in to a row of drilled holes until the stone can no longer stand the strain and splits. Some dressed stone quarries still use the same process today as explosive can cause fracturing making the stone useless for dressing. A modern technique is in esscence industrial grade expanding foam which is injected into the holes.

    • @ewansim8069
      @ewansim8069 Год назад

      did that as a job when i first left school. one hard going job lol.

  • @tomsurbanexplore
    @tomsurbanexplore Год назад +20

    Omg what an amazing video that crane looked like time stood still it's amazing what you find out & about when you find history another excellent video Martin 👍

  • @theusher2893
    @theusher2893 Год назад

    Working steam engines are living creatures and I cannot be convinced otherwise.

  • @marieseaward9891
    @marieseaward9891 Год назад

    Ooh.. that was a good one.. thanks again all.🐕

  • @ramblinon
    @ramblinon Год назад

    Great to see historic engineering like that. If only everything was built like that today.

  • @jonrutherford6852
    @jonrutherford6852 Год назад

    Particularly enjoyed the cascades at 20:30 -- and seeing Timmy once again. Thanks for another look at your beautiful regional countryside.

  • @brianberthold3118
    @brianberthold3118 Год назад +3

    this is the only think i look forward to on a Sunday ... watching a new M.Z. Vid being i cant walk i dont get to go out and do this type of stuff anymore ... and i do miss seeing things no one else does ... TY again Martin i live a lil though your vids

  • @ShawnD1027
    @ShawnD1027 Год назад

    Another wonderful vicarious adventure -- thanks, Y'all!

  • @nesleinf
    @nesleinf Год назад

    You have some fantastic old industrial landscapes in Britain. Glad you share it with us.
    Regards from Denmark

  • @jonathanchalk2507
    @jonathanchalk2507 Год назад

    Many thanks, guys. Love ❤️ your outside video, brew up and chit chat.

  • @oo0Spyder0oo
    @oo0Spyder0oo Год назад

    That’s an easy restoration with so much metal left on it, someone should get it looking nice again and into a museum.

  • @terryansell6641
    @terryansell6641 Год назад

    What a amazing day and adventure just imagine such a hard life for the workers.thanks from New Zealand for your many adventures and such fun 😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @updistant
    @updistant Год назад

    Excellently filmed/presented, as always, of an enchanting story. Thanks Guys.

  • @DS-ke8pq
    @DS-ke8pq Год назад

    Ah ha! Someone else has found the steam crane! Yep, great little nugget of industrial heritage tucked away from view, plenty more to find. Plus a pint at the Buck as well, classic Bowland day out👍

  • @martin4787
    @martin4787 Год назад +7

    Fascinating video and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Lovely to see you've recruited and new member to the team. Thank you Martin, James, Roy, and last but not least, Timmy.

  • @lauriecooper8194
    @lauriecooper8194 Год назад

    Brilliant little dog. 🐕👍👍

  • @leedavies3629
    @leedavies3629 Год назад

    Nice one lads brilliant part of history hope it stays there for another 100 yrs 🙂✌️

  • @terryalmond8777
    @terryalmond8777 Год назад +1

    Another grand job lads ...

  • @oneteaminbristolbcfc
    @oneteaminbristolbcfc Год назад

    Brilliant thanks Martin and co really enjoyed this.

  • @markwall6651
    @markwall6651 Год назад

    Thanks Martin, superb camera work, editing and history!!

  • @pietweety7020
    @pietweety7020 Год назад

    Absolutely blown away by what has just happened to me whilst watching this video!!!
    Parked up in my car in Shaw near Oldham mid video I raise my head and James and his dog were walking towards me. Utterly gobsmacked I just stared in disbelief as they passed 😂😂
    Didn’t say anything cos he was on his phone, probably talking to Martin
    Made my day that😊

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Год назад

      What are the chances, you should of said hello to him 😃👍

  • @madgebishop5409
    @madgebishop5409 Год назад

    great to see Timmy out and about, he's a funny little guy

  • @chucky2316
    @chucky2316 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the videos Martin

  • @mrlister2000
    @mrlister2000 Год назад +3

    That is absolutely stunning, and a testament to the quality of the steel used to make the machiney because the Forest of Bowland is notorious for bad winters. Snow, frost, freezing conditions so for it to survive all that is a hats off moment to the engineers who made it

    • @rowgli
      @rowgli Год назад

      If you look carefully, you can see the remains of a Lancia Beta next to it ;) ;)

  • @eastwoodsadventures
    @eastwoodsadventures Год назад +1

    The tramway to Jumbles was an extension of an existing line from a quarry nearer to the reservoir. Not quite a 100 years either since it was abandoned nearer 90 years ago.
    Great to see the crane and quarry again.

  • @TheWacoKid1963
    @TheWacoKid1963 Год назад +2

    12:59 put a white knotted handkerchief on James' head and you'll have an image of Michael Palin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dtb2654
    @dtb2654 Год назад

    another well produced informative video of days gone, enjoyed watching, cheers Martin

  • @petershuttleworth3633
    @petershuttleworth3633 Год назад

    probably your most intriguing vid...charming and beautiful history but I can't help thinking about those who worked there...Great!!!

  • @SamDaviesBuilder
    @SamDaviesBuilder Год назад

    Great video, Martin. I’d love to go back in time and see that last shift on that machine

  • @adrienfrey9435
    @adrienfrey9435 Год назад

    Can we camp in this area? The scenery, with the dramatic clouds over it, it's amazing. Great britain always fascinated me since I was a child. I don't know why though.

  • @LancashireLarks
    @LancashireLarks Год назад

    Practically on our doorstep, We go out there for a drive and take pics like ya do. Never realised about the old tram lines up there. Will look out for them next time. The steam crane was an amazing site sat there in its resting place 🙌

  • @TOM2RN
    @TOM2RN Год назад +1

    One of your best videos. Wish I had been there to see it in person. Cheers from the States. Well deserved pint of Guinness for you guys.

  • @jason0870
    @jason0870 Год назад

    Great video. Thank you for sharing your adventure with your friends.👍

  • @hovermotion
    @hovermotion Год назад

    Wow what a stunning find and video...
    Superb editing ...
    👍🏻

  • @mikerogers5043
    @mikerogers5043 Год назад +8

    Great video, and what a stunning find. The tranway, the tracks, and that steam engine especially.

  • @johncarold
    @johncarold Год назад

    PUPPY ! Hi Martin, OK, who's puppy he's cute. Thanks for a beautiful walk, I remember back in the 60s, there was a steam tractor in a corner of an almond farm. I still love finding old machinery out where no one goes. Thanks again

  • @barbaraking6980
    @barbaraking6980 Год назад +2

    Another grand day out lads ( and Timmy ), beautiful place , thanks for taking us along 👍

  • @thomasdieckmann5711
    @thomasdieckmann5711 Год назад +5

    And yet another time to say: Thanks Martin, great clip, cool history and a pleasure to follow you!

  • @geoffhunter7704
    @geoffhunter7704 Год назад

    Another fine video and good to see a Thomas Smith Rodley Steam Crane i saw one use in Timberyard in Larbert,Scotland in the late 70's converted from Steam to a Perkins 4Cylinder Diesel Operated Crane in the 50's formerly fired with coal and waste wood there are at least 6 Preserved two still Steam Powered one at Beamish another in Birmingham.

  • @rheingau2011
    @rheingau2011 Год назад

    What an amazing time capsule. You can really see the moment they abandoned the quarry after finishing the reservoir. Thanks a lot for sharing!

  • @MrLargePig
    @MrLargePig Год назад

    Perhaps not for everyone, but I think the moors are beautiful.

  • @countesscable
    @countesscable Год назад

    I’d love to see that crane working. A magnificent thing just abandoned. Better than being scrapped though.

  • @gazzaka
    @gazzaka Год назад

    Lovely owd crane ! I've driven quite a few cranes, but nothing like that ! Awesome !

  • @esseel7896
    @esseel7896 Год назад

    love the atmosphere and poeticism Mart, makes one very reflective indeed. cheers lads

  • @davidneesam2626
    @davidneesam2626 Год назад

    Another great video Martin and James. We certainly made things to last back then. You could just see Fred Dibnah trying to get it going.

  • @whitesapphire5865
    @whitesapphire5865 Год назад +8

    Up near Tosside! I haven't been up there for at least twenty five years. We bought a tractor from a dealer at Tosside!
    Looking at those gears, they've taken a lot of wear and tear, and despite the rust and corrosion, it's clear to see that crane was far from it's first flush of youth. I'm wondering if it was already well worn before it was taken there, probably with the idea in mind that it wouldn't be coming home after the job was done. From all the missing parts, it looks like it was well picked over at some point - All the brasses are gone, no gauges left behind, not even corroded remnants, boiler inspection ports all taken out - They certainly don't just fall out.
    'Thas certainly suffered for its sins over the years.

  • @4-dman464
    @4-dman464 Год назад +1

    Trees, hills and actual real genuine bona fide green grass - - you can't beat it. Now then.

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 Год назад +4

    Looks like Timmy's going to be a regular star of the channel! I have never been to this particular reservoir and wood, but I spent a lot of years in the North West, and the nature of the countryside is unmistakable. Very different to and somewhat contrasting with my home county of East Yorkshire, but so very beautiful. There is a way in which the stones in rivers blend from grey to green in the north west that is unique and magical. I do hope the trippers leave the crane alone, but its so great to see it, very poignant I think.
    You know the Portuguese tart is really just a glorified egg custard, but v tasty, yes. I do remember the famous Holland's Meat and Potato Pie, but my favourite was the Meat Pie, if you remember, which was like an organic robot's head, you got the little round pastry case for its skull, and inside, the brain, which was a blob of meat (mostly minced lamb) floating in the encepholitic fluid (delicious clear lamb stock). The trick was to get them to put the chips in the tray, then the gravy and stick the robots head on top. Then you made a small hole in his tiny cranium and the delicious encepholitic fluid would dribble out onto the chips and gravy, turning the whole into an Al fresco post-pub delight! Really hit the spot. I envy you. You got 2 horrible catering sausages on YOUR breakfast, but the stingy b******s down here only give me one. Nice one anyway Martin! 🌟👍

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Год назад +1

      Marvellous descriptions 😄

  • @ponyboymb
    @ponyboymb Год назад

    Wicked video, 🙏🏻🤟🏻 great piece of history left in time after all theses years. Loved the story of your conclusion on the river- from so many years ago 💯🤟🏻🤟🏻 , brilliant when thing's like that come to happy ending 👍👍👌 Brilliant 🤟🏻 have a smashing day ahead ✊🏼🤟🏻

  • @MrSteffen2020
    @MrSteffen2020 Год назад

    Thanks you Martin for nice video see you next time.

  • @greg6172
    @greg6172 Год назад

    Another entertaining and thoughtful video Martin. I always look forward to your historical coverage which is excellent. Keep up the good work. Greg in Melbourne Australia.

  • @victorgoncalves2442
    @victorgoncalves2442 Год назад +1

    Another excellent video, another gem . Being Portuguese,i love "Pastel de Nata" , Portuguese Tart , Lidl does some very good ones , i always take some home when i go to a Lidl . Take care guys

  • @kathgriffiths7687
    @kathgriffiths7687 Год назад

    Brilliant! Thankyou for taking me to places I physically could not visit. Big hugs to the new guy Timmy ❤

  • @stewriley1183
    @stewriley1183 Год назад +2

    Stocks reservoir was build by Fylde water board for Blackpool and the fylde coast, Warbreck Hill water tower was built as part of the same scheme to improve water pressure to Fleetwood. Not quite the Thirlmere aquaduct but a massive undertaking nonetheless. Good video Martin, and on my doorstep 👍

  • @Satters
    @Satters Год назад

    thankyou for showing us another marvel of industrial archaeology in the beauty of the English countryside

  • @johnathanrowley2707
    @johnathanrowley2707 Год назад +1

    What amazing crane lasted all this time and looks still great nick ,it's a shame it's not put in a museum from the elliments

  • @robmez
    @robmez Год назад +2

    What a find , history at its best , most things we make today don’t last five minutes let alone one hundred years, magnificent

  • @dieselmanmike
    @dieselmanmike Год назад

    I worked on crawler cranes around 25 years ago and found this very enjoyable. So great to see it untouched lost in time by itself on the moor. Great stuff.👍

  • @josephranker5716
    @josephranker5716 Год назад

    I found this one particularly lovely, thanks

  • @Theoobovril
    @Theoobovril Год назад

    A very enchanting video, Martin.

  • @martinmarsola6477
    @martinmarsola6477 Год назад

    Thank you for the remote trip today. Amazing steam machine just sitting there deteriorating and not used. Enjoy the week ahead, and see you on the next. 😊

  • @familylife3624
    @familylife3624 Год назад +3

    Another great video , lovely bit of industrial heritage left behind ,
    Does this count adventure count as training towards the marathon James and Martin

  • @rudyardkipling5175
    @rudyardkipling5175 Год назад

    Living on another continent now but I grew up near there and seeing that bleak countryside is so nostalgic for me. The place names, the pubs…
    Millstone grit was used for paving stones very often besides millstones (amazing coincidence they gave it that name).

  • @trainsinkansas576
    @trainsinkansas576 Год назад

    Incredible video puppy and all.

  • @timwaywell
    @timwaywell Год назад

    great video , thank s Martin Bowland is a great place to go to

  • @markh5433
    @markh5433 Год назад +3

    Tatham Fell, Jumbles quarry, used to build Stocks 20mins from my house👍 and it’s the one I mentioned

  • @Ayorkshiremansdailygrind
    @Ayorkshiremansdailygrind Год назад

    great find but the crane has had a lot stripped off it and the gunmmetal bushes removed from the working shafts ......... good video i enjoyed that

  • @Me..D.S
    @Me..D.S Год назад

    Brilliant video. Thank you for sharing Martin.

  • @petersimms4982
    @petersimms4982 Год назад

    Fantastic 😊 love your new comrade timmy!

  • @GregPodster133
    @GregPodster133 Год назад

    Well researched, and well done lads. Great video. Thanks 👍👍🫶🫶

  • @MrAsBBB
    @MrAsBBB Год назад

    Beautiful work. I was very moved and it’s even more special as I am sitting in the sunshine beside the pool in southern Spain. I do love the beauty of the UK and industrial past. All the best.

  • @ForTheBirbs
    @ForTheBirbs Год назад

    Fantastic Martin. And my "garbage guts" namesake came through with a special treat at brew time. Cheers all

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Год назад +1

      Definitely Garbage guts

    • @ForTheBirbs
      @ForTheBirbs Год назад

      @Martin Zero I was waiting for a twist like well over use by / best before date. Lol

  • @darreno9874
    @darreno9874 Год назад

    The short drill holes that are in a line are for dressing the rock by using plug and feathers, rather then explosives that would fracture the rock. The steam crane was awesome and was left just for you to find.

  • @shirleyashton3597
    @shirleyashton3597 Год назад

    Wonderful. Wish I was 10 years younger to visit it. I see the crane on the Bolton Bury canal often but this is much better but just too remote

  • @lazyhazeldaisy9596
    @lazyhazeldaisy9596 Год назад

    Many thanks Timmy and the lads it was a long old walk but a very beautiful one all the same, I was thinking of the men that worked on that crane they are all long gone but the crane still sits there almost like it's waiting for the men to start it up again.

  • @howardgibson
    @howardgibson Год назад +2

    What a lovely story, well done Martin

  • @bobingram6912
    @bobingram6912 Год назад

    What a cracking find, all that history lying alone for 100 years ìn all weather's a credit to our industrial pioneers. Shame it was too far for you stay and light it up like the other one. Cheers guys👍👍👍👍

  • @alanlake5220
    @alanlake5220 Год назад

    Another facinating video Martin, Wow what an area the Forest of Bowland is , very bleak .Looking at open street maps there is another large quary with a Aerial Ropeway at a place called Claughton off the A683, that might be worth a visit to see what is left, for a future video. Cheers lads .

  • @ffrancrogowski2192
    @ffrancrogowski2192 Год назад +2

    They must have been real tough times, Martyn, to be able to install that railway and the crane to be brought up to the site, into such a most isolated spot. This must be one of the most isolated locations that yourself, James and Roy have ventured. An exceptionally good video is this and worth the journey just to see the crane still intact, as well as the lovely scenery around. Many thanks, and all of you keep well.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Год назад

      Thanks Ffranc

    • @andrewbell1105
      @andrewbell1105 Год назад

      I wonder how many of the men that laid the narrow gauge line had been doing exactly the same in Belgium and France just a couple of years earlier? Great video Martin and the gang.

  • @michaelryan6884
    @michaelryan6884 Год назад

    Fascinating subject! Thanks for sharing it!

  • @bobcharles2683
    @bobcharles2683 Год назад

    Loved it, what a stunning location.

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex Год назад

    That was lovely thanks!
    Living down in London I rarely get to go out to quiet, bleak places (though I have been to Croydon, which is bleak in its own way!) - when I do I see my dad in Scotland in a touristy area. It's lovely to see quiet places still exist.

  • @gerryegan4872
    @gerryegan4872 Год назад +2

    Great video guys, used to come to the trough when I was about 11 yrs old really lovely place to visit. Sadly didn't see the tram way. Thanks.

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 Год назад +6

    Your Breakfast looked like the perfect way to start any adventure... I wonder why the crane was left at the quarry, I'm almost sure it was a expensive piece of equipment when new. The long walk to get there could why there is so little damage and no graffiti, "graffiti artist" may not like to walk that far. Another great watch, looked like a great day for doing a journey. Thanks to the Team.......

  • @ManchesterMudlarks
    @ManchesterMudlarks Год назад

    great video martin, the crane is lovely and nice to see it , but one hell of a trek to get there,

  • @bigratkiller1
    @bigratkiller1 Год назад

    Another excellent video chaps.

  • @1969works
    @1969works Год назад +1

    english breakfast ...I had one years ago ...👍Thx Martin

  • @Marc_von_Hoffrichter
    @Marc_von_Hoffrichter Год назад

    You beauty! Another cracker. Thanks Martin! Getting my fix of UK history. Now, make sure you lads run everywhere now too, at least 10km!!😆😆😆

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 Год назад

    What a beautiful place. The stonework was just beautiful. How wonderful to see the steam chance with no graffiti, such a change. It was beautiful. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

  • @ernestbailey9194
    @ernestbailey9194 Год назад +1

    What a lovely video. The way you go about finding all these historic pieces is wonderful to watch.. It looks like not many people venture to it. Great to see a lot of the track in situ. I don't think grafiti artists will venture that far, so it will be the same in another 100 years.
    Look forward to the next one. Many Thanks

  • @donwright3427
    @donwright3427 Год назад

    Most exceptional. Thanks

  • @robincurwood
    @robincurwood Год назад

    Very interesting video Martin, enjoyed it a lot. Tell James I hope he is following the vets advice for little Timmy. Our vet said to keep our puppy out of water for at least three weeks( after going out the first time)for the vaccination to fully take effect.

    • @MartinZero
      @MartinZero  Год назад +1

      Hi Robin thanks, Timmy was vaccinated about 3 months ago

    • @robincurwood
      @robincurwood Год назад

      @@MartinZero nice to hear thanks for your reply. Keep up the good work.👍

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      @williamwoods8022 Год назад

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  • @martinbarker2316
    @martinbarker2316 Год назад

    When I used to go there as a kid the whole track was still intact(ish) as we used to walk up it, the last time I went as a teenager they were removing the track for scrap and told to bugger off. The crane has deteriorated quite a bit since then, all the running gear still has grease on it back then...