Photos - Tatchell Meldon Quarry Set

These were taken at the LSWR’s Meldon ballast quarry between 1902, when the crusher was rebuilt, and 1908, when it was burned down. The working of Meldon Quarry was described in “The South Western Gazette” for 1 August 1906 and the subsequent fire in the issue dated 1 April 1908. Both articles were reprinted in the April 2002 issue of “South Western Circular”, followed by a further article, including the photographs listed below, in the October 2002 issue.

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ADD535	40T bogie ballast hopper 500, with 495 on the left. 16 wagons were supplied by G&R Turner of Langley Mill in 1903/4, and 4 more in 1911.
ADD534	Ballast Plough Brakevan 29, one of five vans supplied by Hurst Nelson in 1898 and 1903. (SR Diag. 1737). These vans were similar to the GWR Diag. AA5 Ballast Plough Brakevans of 1893. A man stands by the handwheel for controlling the plough, which is in the lowered position.
ADD533	Drummond 700 class 0-6-0 355 (D?bs 1897) standing in front of the crusher house at Meldon Quarry. On the right are two of the 12T ballast hoppers supplied by Hurst Nelson and Pickering between 1898 and 1903 (SR Diag. 1734). These wagons were similar to the GWR Diag. P7 ballast wagons of 1893.
ADD530	Looking East from the crusher house, with the quarry face on the right. In the distance, wagons are being shunted on the main line.
ADD531	Three men preparing a charge at the quarry face, showing the ram rod, an explosives box and the fuse.
ADD532	Two men with a tripod mounted pneumatic rock drill.
ADD529	View of the floor of the quarry, looking West, with face on the left and the crusher house in the distance. A narrow gauge point lies in the foreground, with no track connected to it.
ADD528	View of the Meldon Crusher house, taken from Meldon Quarry signalbox, with the line to Okehampton on the left and quarry face on the right. Wooden post bracket signal and a grounded 4 wheel brake third coach body in front of crusher.