lightengine Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 This Flickr photo just shows the ivy clad wall on the lefthand side https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajnspencer/2816727965/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The lime burners hut can be seen in this screenshot. Just to the left can be seen a whitish line that is the top edge of the walled incline. Because of the undergrowth the route from the top to the incline cannot be seen. I will investigate if there is any route down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Screenshot_2014-09-23-21-22-38.png The lime burners hut can be seen in this screenshot. Just to the left can be seen a whitish line that is the top edge of the walled incline. Because of the undergrowth the route from the top to the incline cannot be seen. I will investigate if there is any route down. So where were the lime kilns? is there any remains of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 No idea. All the times I walked past the hut in the 70's, I never investigated it. Will try and check it out sometime this week if I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky7890 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks for the replies regarding the hut, interesting. Here are some photos from Dawlish I took on monday. The Paignton - Cardiff Central 158 passes the old washout site, Taken from lea mount. The Class 158 passes a Paignton bound 150. The Barge being used to fix the sea side of the wall. 143612 crosses the viaduct heading to Paignton. The sea wall towards Langstone rock. Here is one the resurfaced sections with new slabs at the edge of the wall. The Truck which got into trouble the other day with incoming tides. Taken at the fenced area on the beach near Langstone. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekEm8 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I could be mistaken but from memory I'm pretty sure that the sloping wall was part of a wartime 'pill box' As seen below 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) Thanks for the replies regarding the hut, interesting. Here are some photos from Dawlish I took on monday. ............... The Truck which got into trouble the other day with incoming tides. Taken at the fenced area on the beach near Langstone. I think you will find, that the damaged terex is still by the Old Lifeboat House in Dawlish, trapped behind the barrier, still immobile, it was yesterday morning Wednesday EDIT:- sorry wrong pic replaced by this one this was taken Tues morning (yesterday) at high tide am Edited September 24, 2014 by Granitechops 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I could be mistaken but from memory I'm pretty sure that the sloping wall was part of a wartime 'pill box' Just past the beach huts on the sea wall and on the last piece of land before youv start on the sea wall proper, there is a pill box. It is now hardly visible from the seaward side but from the railway you can clearly see it and where it has been blocked up. I think you can pretty much see that the inclined wall was built that desivn for only one reason. I will try and view some old Ordnance survey maps at the museum to establish more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marky7890 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I think you will find, that the damaged terex is still by the Old Lifeboat House in Dawlish, trapped behind the barrier, still immobile, it was yesterday morning Wednesday EDIT:- sorry wrong pic replaced by this one this was taken Tues morning (yesterday) at high tide am 100_4163 (Large).JPG You are correct, I have just looked back at my photos from Lea mount towards the washout site and after zooming in I can see the end of truck behind the old lifeboat house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) Ah, I think we have discovered the entrance portal the CK's magical kingdom of the sausage I also noticed this old hut next to the line: Edited September 24, 2014 by Trebor 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Are you suggesting it's the source of CK's pasty's? Would have made a nice layout room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) More photos from yesterday Tues 23rd Sept 2014 a little after sunrise about 7.30 am breakwater by the Old lifeboat house at high tide calm seas 5 steps now fully exposed as the beach goes down at this end the other end of this stretch by the viaduct, the level has come UP to about 5 feet from top of the walkway meanwhile back on Boat cove beach the gully washed out by last weeks storm water is starting to level out and the shingle has risen up the seawall here quite a bit since April EDIT ;- hearsay an observer I spoke to yesterday said that last weeks storms affected the barge surge around the leg bases caused movement of sand making the barge to tilt somewhat but was not there to photograph it,before someone got aboard to correct the trim the only access at the moment appears to be either by boat at high tide seas permitting or by a vertical ladder seen between the two sea ward legs going down to the beach approachable only at low tide ( when low enough ) EDIT 2;- Edited September 24, 2014 by Granitechops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 I think you can pretty much see that the inclined wall was built that desivn for only one reason. I will try and view some old Ordnance survey maps at the museum to establish more. East Cliff walk which winds its way along the top of the cliff above the railway is pretty much fenced off for the duration of the walk. There are several gated entrances that could have led to a way down the cliff. There is one gated entrance with signs of 'allotment' on it and further on and a much more likely site is a gated entrance to the 'Dingle'. This is a house built part way down the cliff. Other building's can be seen lower down than the house and it is in a valley/hollow in the cliff and much more likely to have been a route down. Perhaps the 1875 map will reveal more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2014 Hearsay according to a worker clad in orange the Terex dumper had an electric gubbins box down at cab floor level some models apparently have them at cab roof height There was no serious damage to the item of plant concerned. It broke down when the tide was out, and it took a while to fix it, hence the apparently dramatic-looking photos. No one was trying to use it with the tide actually coming in... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2014 Talking to a local he is of the opinion that it is the work of a local artist from Teignmouth so NOT a Banksie Interesting - might make it easier to track down the culprit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Interesting - might make it easier to track down the culprit. His name was printed t'other night. He was describing how he likes to make the cardboard pattern for spraying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Looking at maps in the museum it is clearly marked on the 1888 and 1912 maps as lime burning kiln. The inclined wall seems to be the kiln as this is the part marked both times. 1888 map 1912 map 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 There was no serious damage to the item of plant concerned. It broke down when the tide was out, and it took a while to fix it, hence the apparently dramatic-looking photos. No one was trying to use it with the tide actually coming in... In about 11 months time it should wash up on the coast of the USA. By then all indications of Terex will have been obliterated and they will think it is Japanese. It will probably be harbouring umpteen varieties of fish trapped in it and there will be a tv documentary about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I hope there wont be too much heavy plant/ transport deliveries activity this Sun 28th Sept that will clash with the Dawlish Triathalon 500 swimmers at the Warren cycle ride to Exminster up A379 back down via Powderham Church alongside the railway to Starcross & back to the warren then a road running section involving road closures, temporary one way systems, parking restrictions from 6 am to past noon one assumes the organisers & Network Rail have Liased. link to routes http://www.dawlishtriathlon.co.uk/node/11 Happy driving/swimming/cycling/running/organising!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thursday 25 Sept 2014 Dawlish Warren dumpy bags on the approach to the rail access point so presumably some night soon a closure will be in place , maybe already compound, digger gooseneck dumper & waterbowsers mixer unloading concrete into hopper for pump to transfer to beach another one waiting ready to keep the 'kettle boiling' cant let the pipe run dry end of pipe controlled by swing arm operator into the other Terex 300 dumper seemed to take the best part of 3 mixer loads in one delivery a small part was put into a much smaller dumper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thursday 25 Sept 2014 Dawlish Warren dumpy bags on the approach to the rail access point so presumably some night soon a closure will be in place , maybe already There have been night closures virtually every night since the line reopened, and these are set to continue, timed around the train service, for some time to come, until the works are finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) general view of barge today looking from the Warren end the little digger & the tracked wheelbarrow, that were parked behind the indisposed Terex at the Old lifeboat house have now been let loose view from Dawlish town end like orange ants today looks like form work awaiting deployment I was told that this Sunday would see a significant concrete pour with mixers delivering into the compound at Dawlish Station EDIT:- The crane seems to have been in use today, did not see it in action but it has been at rest with the jib facing south hitched to the deck but at one time today it was facing north looks as though maybe something has been done to one of the shipping containers see second pic looks like a door opened in the side of one of them Edited September 25, 2014 by Granitechops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted September 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2014 If there is to be a big concrete pour is the bid red spider thing to be resurected. Jamie 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granitechops Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 If there is to be a big concrete pour is the bid red spider thing to be resurected. Jamie There does not appear to be one in use at the Warren looks like just tipped into a hopper of a stationary concrete pump dont know how it will be done from town end as I have not seen any sign of under track culvert large enough needs a culvert of at least about 9 ins diam as the concrete pumping pipes have a 6? ins diameter, but there are connecting clips that hold the sections together with levers that stick out Time will tell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2014 Interesting in that many of the containers have an outward bulge when you would expect them to be pushed in, or are they gradually collapsing due to the weight of the contents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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