Can We Find The Windows? A Story of Neglect, Abandonment and Demolition While we wait for a convenient day to bring a digger onto site to clear out the central pit of the pumphouse, we are looking at some other features of the remains which may reveal a little about what happened to the building…

Back After a Frustrating Break! In our Day 14 update, we explained how it was important to identify the edge of a pit cut below the pumphouse so we know where to use a mechanical digger to quickly gain some depth. As you will no doubt have noticed, we have had some rather wet weather…

Preparing for the Big Dig Before we arrange to bring heavy machinery onto site to dig out the filled-in pumphouse pit, it is important to identify exactly where the edges of the pit are. Today’s aim was to find the other end of the pit wall we are currently exposing. This was all discovered in…