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I previously posted about this location in early 2009
Since that time much of the undergrowth has been cleared by the Friends of Errington Woods, allowing a much better view of the hauling engine bases.
Some of the ubiquitous Pease bricks can again be found, but this time in their more normal cream.
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This large brick base was the base for a steam engine which drove a Waddle Fan used to ventilate the mine, and the hub of the fan itself.
Some foundations of the building built in 1903 can also be seen now the area has been cleared by the Friends of Errington Woods
Many of bricks lying around this area have the impression of Pease and Partners, the mine owners.
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The Mechanics Institution was built in 1854 and is listed as being designed by James Pigott Pritchett, although it may be the work of his son James Pigott Pritchett Jr who set up a practice in Darlington in that very same year.
In later years its been a bank and a bar.
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Orme The Viking is part of the Ormesby Beck landscaping project and was unveiled on April 30th 2012.
Orme being a viking word for serpent or dragon and the suffix “by” being common locally for a viking dwelling place.
Pupils at Berwick Hills Primary School designed the statue, outfit and weapons, and also the dragon seating.
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This small tunnel built by George Stephenson on Arnold Road dates from 1824 and was constructed under what would have then been the brand new Stockton & Darlington Railway.
The interior of the tunnel shows numerous joins where it has been modified and expanded over the years, it now carries a recently built road.
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Edward Pease left £10,000 for the building of a library on his death in 1880
The library was opened on 23rd October 1885 by Lady Lymington and is still a library today.
CLEVELAND INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS
Hear the behind the scenes story of restarting the Redcar Blast Furnace and bringing steelmaking back to Teesside.
This event is FREE, but we are expecting a high degree of interest in this exciting topic, so please register with Sue at events@cieng.org to confirm your interest
Members and non-members welcome.
Centuria Building,
Teesside University,
Middlesbrough,
TS1 3BA
Tel: 01642 218121
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Darlington North Road station has existed in this area since 1825 although the current building dates from 1842, it stopped being the main station in Darlington when Bank Top opened in 1887
The building and services declined with it ending up a vandalised and unmanned halt by 1973, it was then restored as a museum which opened in 1975, which in more recent times has become known as the Head of Steam
It would appear it was building “E9″ on the Stockton to Darlington Railway.
Amongst the exhibits inside are a restored ticket office.
Several Stockton to Darlington Railway boundary markers can be found in the car park and museum
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Locomotion No.1 which was originally called Active, was built by George and Robert Stephensons company in 1825 for use on the Stockton to Darlington Railway where it was used for the worlds first passenger service on 27 September 1825, it remained in use until 1841.
In was restored in 1857 and kept as Alfred Kitchings workshop until the 1880s
Between 1892 and 1975 it was on display at Darlington Bank Top railway station.
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The Skerne Bridge was designed by Ignatius Bonomi and was one of the worlds first railway bridges.
It now lies sadly neglected and hard to reach behind an industrial estate, although its still in use by the railway to this day.
For most of the 1990s it featured on the back of the £5 note with Locomotion No.1 passing over it at the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
