DavidMatthewson Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Also of interest is this current Google maps view... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fowey/@50.3418712,-4.6336937,105m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x486b61524fbefeb7:0x47b8af07aeac1f78!8m2!3d50.33499!4d-4.636525 The red marked building towards the top is the power house I'm pretty sure. 30m long, 10m wide, right place etc - even the 'joint' between the engine & generation halves. So what'sthe second red marked building? To far away to be the chimney base and it looks like a glazed roof.. maybe something modern ...?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 The construction photos are from the early 70s when Keir had the contract to build the new Jetty and a storage linhay. At some point one of the cranes in the photo overbalanced and fell in the river. I'm not sure how they numbered the new Jetty, I think maybe no.5, but I know it wasn't no.8, as that was the designation given to the GWR loader. Jetties 3 thru 7 were originally a mixture of conveyor belts and cranes, with the electricity obviously coming from the powerhouse. When No.8 was built the powerhouse was substantially expanded to increase output. I think I'm right in saying there was more juice used by no.8 alone than all the other jetties combined! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 Thanks for that Stoker. Yes, #8 was built in the early 1920s ISTR and the loader was a real monster! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Not much help with drawings or diagrams, but here's a nice amateur silent film of a DMU working to and from Fowey station in the 1960's, past the docks and china clay jetties. http://cornishmemory.com/item/MISC_260_02 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Many thanks.. Good find! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Came across another photo you might find interesting, which shows the powerhouse quite clearly, with less foliage so that it's more obvious how it was built into an excavation in the hillside. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Stoker said: Brilliant - many thanks - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Edited January 1, 2021 by DavidMatthewson 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 Just back from Shapeways 3D printing... Many thanks to all for photos, memories etc. Happy 2021! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 That turned out cracking David! What a difference google maps measuring tool and a few reference photos make, eh? Wasn't so long ago that none of that was possible for the average chap, 3D printing included. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 15/11/2020 at 11:30, DavidMatthewson said: So what's the second red marked building? To far away to be the chimney base and it looks like a glazed roof.. maybe something modern ...?? It might be the Fowey Harbour Pilots' office? They have a landing stage and pontoon close to there for the Pilot boat and other smaller craft. The bigger tugs (Cannis and Morgawr) are kept upstream near Mixtow Pill. Not to be confused with the Harbour Master's Office which is on Albert Quay. https://foweyharbour.co.uk/commercial-information/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2021 On 11/12/2020 at 00:48, KeithMacdonald said: Not much help with drawings or diagrams, but here's a nice amateur silent film of a DMU working to and from Fowey station in the 1960's, past the docks and china clay jetties. http://cornishmemory.com/item/MISC_260_02 While it is opposite the Pilots Pontoon it is not the Pilots' office according to information on the 'net. Their office is just south of the larrge building belonging to South Coast UK which makes it much nearer the landward end of the pontoon than the building in question. The Pilots office is marked on this extract of the chart although the exact position does not correspond with the buildings on Google Maps. However Google shows a small building almost at the pontoon which might well be a relocation of the office and on the other side of the south Coast UK building? The building in question now surrounded by trees certainly appears to have been a railway building at one time because older maps show it, and the powerhouse. but in a slightly different position from their sites on Google Maps. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Indeed - I'm very pleased with the way it's turned out. I'm not a 'rivet counter' and and delighted with a building which catches the 'feel' of the original. I also have a version of the jetty loader which is also derived from numerous old photos.. way to go! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnburn Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Better late than never. I am into pottery not model RR, but recently purchased this due to the pottery connection. It was printed by the Railway Gazette of Westminster in 1924 and distributed out of Easton, here in Pennsylvania. There are 15 pages in the booklet and it indicates the #8 Jetty loading equipment was put into service September 27, 1923. Here are the first 5 pages and the jetty layout back in 1924. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 That's a real gem! - thanks very much for sharing. (How did we ever manage this sort of stuff prior to the Internet??) Great photos including some which are new to me - many thanks. Can I be really cheeky and ask if there is any railway related stuff in the remaining pages? best wishes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnburn Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Not much RR but I will scan and post the remaining pages tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnburn Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Here are the rem aining pages of the booklet. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 Many, many thanks for that - lots of new stuff to me! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 On 15/11/2020 at 03:30, DavidMatthewson said: Also of interest is this current Google maps view... https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fowey/@50.3418712,-4.6336937,105m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x486b61524fbefeb7:0x47b8af07aeac1f78!8m2!3d50.33499!4d-4.636525 The red marked building towards the top is the power house I'm pretty sure. 30m long, 10m wide, right place etc - even the 'joint' between the engine & generation halves. So what'sthe second red marked building? To far away to be the chimney base and it looks like a glazed roof.. maybe something modern ...?? If anyone is interested, I've now found the answer to this question. That building was the battery house, it stored just enough juice to keep the harbour running and the lights on during occasions when the generators were shut down. Also it seems that by the 1950s, possibly earlier, the water tank was removed from in front of the power house and substituted for a larger tank up the hillside. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Thanks for that. Might i ask what the reference for this is? - a book or photo perhaps? or aural history? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoker Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 01:27, DavidMatthewson said: Thanks for that. Might i ask what the reference for this is? - a book or photo perhaps? or aural history? I'm in touch with a handful of chaps who used to work in the industry, and stuff like this comes up in conversation occasionally. A photo of Fowey was being discussed and the powerhouse just happened to be in the background, so it got a mention - I remembered that you'd asked about these buildings so I took the opportunity to ask. One of them was an electrician, and the old electrical system at Fowey was a maintenance nightmare, so he was involved in doing a lot of upgrades which included taking things like the battery house and powerhouse out of circuit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMatthewson Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 That's great - many thanks for taking the trouble to respond. Chaps who actually *did* the work are often better sources that book, IMHO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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