18B Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Evening, would anyone happen to know exactly what Ferryhill's "Kindling furnace" was used for? I'd imagine it was for drying sand? Or for wood for steam raising steam? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
penyghent Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Not being an expert, my suggestion would be for drying wood for steam raising. It would be called a Sand Dryer Furnace otherwise I would have thought? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
18B Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Not being an expert, my suggestion would be for drying wood for steam raising. It would be called a Sand Dryer Furnace otherwise I would have thought? https://canmore.org.uk/site/147157/aberdeen-ferryhill-motive-power-depot says it was the sand dryer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 https://canmore.org.uk/site/147157/aberdeen-ferryhill-motive-power-depot says it was the sand dryer. The Canmore site says "Not to be confused with former Great North of Scotland Railway engine shed at Kittybrewster." Followed further down the page with, "By the mid-1930's the LNER stationed about thirty locomotives at Kittybrewster, several of them of the largest size." Talk about not following your own advice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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