The Industrial place you never knew about ?
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- čas přidán 26. 11. 2022
- This video is about Cromford in Derbyshire and its role in the Industrial revolution. Richard Arkwright the famous industrialist set up the Cromford mill here in the 18th. Century. 1771. Cromford mill was the first water powered mill in the world and the site is now a world heritage site. He utilised water power for water wheels. He also cut into the Cromford sough a mine drainage adit for his water powered mill. The bear pit is a prime example of how they re directed the water towards the cotton mill. There is also a history of Lead mining in the area and we take a look at some very old lead mines. Finally we take a look at Sheep pasture incline on teh Cromford canal and also Leabrook pump house. The pump house dates from 1850anf raised water from the River Derwent into the cromford canal. this whistle stop tour of Cromford is an industrial archeological journey.
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Just a heads up , The incline plane you looked at by Cromford canal with the Pumping engine house and ex railyard ,well if you trudge up the incline plane you come to Middleton Top which still has the incline planes winding engine in place and is open sometimes .A rather large delightful beam engine and a visitor center for cuppas etc., Stay well ,stay safe and god bless .
Great vid as always Martin, I liked the reference to Marcus being Post 10 ( the beaver dam culvert unblocker ) 😁
The translucent white stone at 20:15 looks like fluorspar, which was mentioned along with lead as being mined in the area
Amazing to find that you have never heard of Cromford. The Cromford and High Peak Railway is world renowned among railway enthusiasts circles, and it's connection to the canal was important too
About 25 - 30 years ago, yes, I am that old; I visited Arkwright's mill in the early stages of restoration. They have obviously opened up a lot more in the area now.
Another great video Martin.
99.9k subscribers nearly 100k
Nice to see Marcus' dad supporting him in his quest for all places dark and dank. Its great when father and son have common interests, just like Martin and his son James.
I've been to Cromford a couple of times and I love it!! The canal is worth a walk, the Mills are fascinating and there is a wonderful secondhand book shop! It is the industrial history which fascinates me the most, but all packaged in a pretty, charming Derbyshire valley... By the way, Arkwright's house is now a hotel and I have stayed there! It is lovely!
5:39 “what you up to post10?”
Omg hahahaha nicely said Martin! Wheres the rake and any whirlpools? 😛
Subscribers ticked over from 99.9k to 100k while I watched! Congrats Martin - and thanks for a really fantastic video today. Wish I was over there to take a trip up to Derbyshire and see those sights. The Bear Pit was fascinating, I could spend a whole day exploring that and the mills. Thanks to Adam for his help, he should start up a CZcams video for other Industrial Archeological enthusiasts!
Lovely stuff, Martin. It's incredible to realise that, not too long ago, in the mid 1990's, Cromford Mill was a ruin - featured on BBC TV's 'Restoration' show. So glad it has been saved and is now a World Heritage Site.
Cheers for that. It brightened my day. Nice one.
Oh, and where's 'Brew Boy'™ today?
That heavy mist at the Via Gellia Mill really sets the mood. It's amazing how water with a little help from gravity can do so much work. Martin, this was a outstanding journey, this is one adventure I "really" wish I was part of the team. So much history packed in one video, top notch job. Thanks to you and the team for this great watch and thanks for keeping your history alive.
The mist impressed me mightily. What a setting for a thriller or good horror movie, eh? Or a TV series, provided it be a high-quality one.
Via Gellia pronounced here in Derbyshire (I went to Benjamin Outram School) Via as in Viaduct and Gellia Jelly with a A on the end. Great video however!
5 days later, 29k views & 2.6k likes which is very high. Mosst are lucky if they get 50% likes of the views. Not the sort of thing I usualy watch, but really glad I did. Makes a change from unused and abandoned bunkers and forts.
@@simonbroberg969 Martin Zero will always please the viewer.....
Martin coming over to 'my' territory, amazing. Giving it the brilliant Zero treatment. Finding hidden parts that most don't know and just drive by. Congrats on 100k. Finally.
LOL at the post 10 reference. I love that guy's videos
Thank you Martin, England is a beautiful dream.
Martin, I've said it before: you are a great storyteller. But this time, with your excellent crew, you have produced a truly beautiful video. Thanks so much.
Thank you Diana much appreciated 😃
Memories of childhood, Alderley edge roman times, for mining.
Glad you found part of Cromford and high peak railway X rooby
I think you were looking at quartz crystals in the lead mine. Quartz was deposited in veins associated with volcanic activity and lead as galena would have been deposited around those veins. Lead was being mined on the Yorkshire Dales in Roman times.
Thanks for this Martin and Crew, it bought back memories of beautiful warm shirts that my mum sewed to cloth us all by buying Viyella fabric to cut up and sew. My mum was a seamstress by trade so there was no shortage of well made clothes, still have some to-day and I'm 68yrs old and they fit as they did when made when I was 17yrs old.
What an adventure you guys have had!
Just fantastic.
Liked the post10 reference 😁
Congrats on 100k subscribers, I'm glad I'm one of them.
Thank you, Iam glad you are as well 👍😀
Liked this one, my family lived in the area, Ible, Middleton and Bolehill in the 1700's, at least one was a lead miner. Before this we were connected with a lot small mills on the side of rivers, related to cloth products. Look forward to more content from this area.
What an amazing place, so many different historic places to visit and plenty tucked out of the way in the woods as well. Big thanks to Adam for showing you around.
You're nearly at that 100k milestone, I'm sure you'll get there before Christmas!! (EDIT: Before the nights out, well done Martin)
Good luck from Spain!!
Due to failing eyesight I can no longer get to visit places like this. Thank you, Martin for you brilliant vlogs. Keep them coming 😀
Hiya - @ 5:39 I got your reference about 'Post 10' - I've seen a few of his vids!!! Interesting about the Water Wheels - Very good Caves / Mines. Yes @ 24:04 - I have cycled down & up that very steep hill which leads to the High Peak Trail & you are right - further up the Hill is a Stationary Steam Engine (The remains of) which pulled the Wagons up & down) 🙂🚂🚂🚂
Crickey... literally a mile or so from where I born... I was involved in a bit of restoration of various bit of the Arkwright Mills back in the early 80s when I left school and joined the YTS. so I've been up and down there a few times over 40 years ago.
and a nice reference to Post10 when Marcus poked out the leaves from the sluice gate.
Oh, and Gell/Gellia is pronounced , a mix of words for a steep sided valley
The drinking of Milk to prevent absorption of Lead. Yes, because of lead mining, the water courses were often polluted with lead and if you look at the history of the surrounding area there used to be HUNDREDS of public houses, because the beer/ale making process filtered out the pollutants.
Shame you didn't go down Godfrey Hole a bit further up Via Gellia
Another brilliant video Martin and the gang….well done. Don’t know if you’ve got yourself a new camera but the clarity of the shots is amazing…..especially the opening sequence, which is absolutely stunning ,I wound it back a few times just to see it again and again. And the autumn mists in the valley just add to the feeling of history…….one of your best!!!
Absolutely stunning. Thrilling to watch. Filming outstanding . Well done to you all. What an explore
Lol, Loved the nod to Post 10 when Marcus was clearing those grizzly bars.
Just thinking about the strange name Via Gellia which appears to be Latin for Jelly Road. This doesn't make sense until you think of Gelignite which was commonly known as jelly and was used for blasting mine tunnels. Looks like he was a man with an education and a sense of humour.
It's great to see so many early industrial water management systems that are still intact in the UK. The Moors in Spain and North Africa were the Masters of water management, developing on techniques the Romans left behind. Much of this infrastructure still exits in Southern Spain, but when the Moors were finally expelled in 1492, they took their secrets with them and the fountains ceased to flow.
Congrats on 100K Martin! Well deserved and this is one of the best CZcams channels out there. Another great video with amazing historical structures. 👏👍
What an absolutely powerful opening! You should be proud of the material you deliver. These will be a fantastic resource for the future. In a way, you have made a mark in history. So long as these will always be available. You have done your bit to preserve for posterity. Many thanks as always.
Thanks very much, I appreciate that
What a rich history that place has! The story of the bear pit is wild. That must’ve been some high drama, back in the day, with the water exiting from the mine getting blocked every weekend! 🤭😆
that was just fantastic to see! Please thank all your friends for creating a great video and thank you too! 😉🙂👍I forgot to mention! My ex departed brother in law used to work in the tin mines down in Cornwall and told me! He could hear the sea above him!
Thank you to Adam for showing you around Cromford. What an interesting place!
Like the Post10 reference. I watch him too.
Blumin' marvelous - mines, water power, railways and some scuba shots....!
My Great,Great,Great Grandfather is Sir Richard Arkwright, the village of Cromford was built to house the mill workers and remains pretty well unchanged since that time
a man well ahead of his time. Worth visiting, the Greyhound hotel built at that time in the middle of the village is actually pretty good to help you with your stop over.
1:30 "That well-fed industrialist...." no way Arkwright would get through them tunnels, any more than Ronnie B-Ber-Ber-B-Barker would.
Looks to be another great video, look forward to watching this all later. Unboxing for the plaque when it arrives. 👍Hopefully I'll be 100k somehow although been around a while. 😁
What an amazing opening Martin. So atmospheric. I'm sure I won't be the first or the last to say you should be doing this professionally. Hi to all of today's team, and your joint efforts have produced a really stunning and interesting video! A great collab. It brought everyone's particular skill to the table. An amazing video on the power of water and the ways in which it was harnessed. Thanks guys!
Yet another great video Martin, I visit the Cromford area a few times and really enjoy looking around the industrial village and the old mill site, but I never knew that there was more to the area, like the places you went to look at.
It's a great shame about the Cromford water mill no longer working 😢 I remember seeing it in action when I was younger and have some old footage of the wheel going round.
As you like your old industrial stuff, like myself, whenever you get some free time, get yourself over to Chesterfield where I live and come and have a look at the old Robinsons paper mill and works, attached to one of the mills called the canon mill, where they made canon balls, there's an old water wheel, but sadly in disrepair 😢 but it's clear to see and look at.
Been told that the historic society are trying to get funding together and hopefully get it working again?
Just incase you are interested, look up online for the Boythorpe and Walton works in Chesterfield and it may tempt you for a visit one day?
The work site is massive and the old workers cottages can be seen on the walk too.
Anyway there's an idea for a future video maybe?
Anyway keep up the good work mate, I really enjoy watching all your videos and you make them so interesting too.
All the best from.
Devon Mike 🚂
Thank you Martin. This video is a time machine.
Now showing as 100k subscribers, good on that man. Time for a brew. 👍
My mother came from Cromford and I know it well, I have been there many times.... beautiful place
Yes I was very impressed
Best chips EVER from the chippy in the square at Cromford.
I know the village well and explored many of the local mines and the High Peak Railway.
Your filming quality is getting quite smashing, even underwater! What we need to see now is fish in the Medlock...
Thank you Martin, Marcus, Roy and Adam for bringing such a wealth of industrial heritage to us, a fascinating place and definitely one on my list to visit when I venture up that way next year. 👍
Have you ever filmed in Castleton? Amazing history and amazing place, lots to see. Even the drive into Castleton itself is amazing, flanked on both sides by cliffs.
Loved Cromford village/ Mill also canal walk was a great day out. Industrial History at it's Finest.
Wow that was fantastic. I could spend hours in a place like that. Pleased you coming back. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Martin, your taking me back 57 years and I still remember that area well.
Regards from the Philippines.
That quote "What you up to post10?" Had me in stitches 🤣 😂
Your videos are getting better and better. Well done everyone!
Martin, my mother came to the US in 1955 from London. She was delighted to find that local markets here carried bananas. The second time she went to purchase some, a large black spider crawled out of the bunch. She screamed and dropped them. She told us she never found out what kind of spider it was, but the way the manager came rushing over and removed everyone from that area quickly gave her a clue that it was not one of the large but harmless natives. She often said that she loved the Midwest..."but for the spiders".
Great vid mate, as usually! One piece of advice, if I may. Be careful around the mines and in this time of the year, leafs could hide a rotten floor.
Congrats Martin, 100k! And thank You and your team for a fab video. I absolutely love those old waterways. Wish I had one in the garden.
Aww I love Cromford, I drive through it quite a lot when visiting customers and visiting family in Macclesfield. Lovely drive to do. Cracking video again! 😁😁
You get better every time Martin ❤
You deserve it Martin and crew.
Great vid , never heard of Bolton Abbey until this video..
All the best Jim👍🏻😉
Hi Martin, what a fantastic place, so much history in one place, seeing the waterwheel and the other water features that powered industry is fascinating.
Thank you for taking us round and showing us all of these amazing places to visit, thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Love these types of videos Martin, able to see places I probably never will. Thankyou.
Thanks Martin and team for another great film! Most enjoyable as ever. 🌟👍
Lovely music. Lovely images. Fantastic commentary. Martin, you and the team are making videos that are just getting better and better and better every time you release one.
Excellent content PLUS dramatic cinematography, music, and quality editing. Well done, lads. Martin: Looks dangerous, let's send Marcus down.
Hi Martin great documentary enjoyed Watching I've spent lots of time down here loads of history ❤️👍
Congrats on 100K!!
Brilliant.Thank you.
Thank you, guys.Fantastic what a find. Cromford is one place I must visit. So amazing to see so much still there after all these years.👍😃
Congrats on the 100k! Well deserved young man
I liked this before even watching because i knew it would be another enjoyable history lesson, well done yet again 👏👏
Loved the little "post 10" shout-out. Another amazing video as always.
What a fantastic place to visit and thanks to all you guys for making this video. I love all the history around these places they really did know how to make the most out of the water and get all the energy that they could for the mills. The water wheel was amazing it would be great to see it in action if it gets restored sometime. You always find these really interesting places which I never even new about I'm going to have to add this to my places to visit in the future. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely brilliant video! The opening shots were beautifully done! Now, some where nearby there should be a stamping mill to crush the lead ore before it goes to a smelter. This mill would have been water powered as well. Three or more hammers would have crushed the ore into smaller chunks, they may even have decided to ship the crushed ore to a different location. Lead was used as a roofing material, as the cames holding stained glass in churches, and later as bullets and batteries. Interestingly, where ever Galena, (lead ore) is found, silver can also be found as well.
What a interesting place to visit your presentations get better and better thank you from NZ
Brilliant again chaps!! What a lovely place cromford is. Feel a trip comin on 👍
Brilliant video, knew about the mills in Cromford, though clearly didn't know as much as I thought. So glad you got to the incline too.
Great work love what u do.
Such rich history, love your channel.
One of your best videos. I've been through Cromford a number of times on the way to Matlock, but hadn't seen half what you showed us today. I may have visited t-mill, but then they all look similar around there.
Excellent as usual, thankx for sharing.
I live in Bakewell and this is the second great video of local places I only had an inkling about. I got thrown out of the Monsall Trail tunnel under Haddon Hall!
Oh wow 😮 looks amazing.
Great one Martin. It must be about 20 years ago when I was there last. But I didn't see as much detail as you discovered. Many thanks Pete.
Lovely content as always.
What a great video Martin 👍
Thank you for the interesting tour today. Unusual place to visit. Thanks Martin for the tour today. See you on the next. Cheers Martin and crew! 😊
Great job, well done and the reference to Post 10 made me chuckle.
Know the area very well after years of walking and cycling in the Peak...its incredible and very special.
Yes I've seen that wheel turning 👍 Great video martin and Crew 👍😎
Fantastical ever x
Just 100 subscribers to go! 100 K! You deserve it, Martin! Toppie! 👍
Greetings from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱
Fantastic! The look of overcast England in the old industrial era makes it genuinely look like we are back in time! Well done Martin!
Visited the area with my self converted campervan in 2003. Had a wander around Cromford, walked some of the towpath alongside the canal, walked down Sheep Pasture and Middleton inclines (and back up to get back to my campervan - hard going!), and rode some flatter sections of the Cromford and High Peak Railway trackbed. Incidentally, from the location of the water header tank and the angle of the buckets the big waterwheel looks to be what's known as "backshot" i e. the direction of rotation is opposite to an "overshot" wheel.
Great Video, Thank you very much. 😊
Hi Martin, your videos are studio quality and the historical material is brilliantly researched. Keep up the great work and all the best from Melbourne Australia.
Great informative video again Martin, Cromford is on my to visit list .
Excellent video Martin. Its amazing what they achieved back in the day with the technology they had.
Sir Richard Arkwright, a fellow Prestonian. I used to walk past Arkwright house daily on my way to college.
He certainly was
Fantastic video as always Martin I went to Derbyshire a few times but never saw Cromford didn’t I miss a stunning place
Cracking video Martin.
Great video and beautiful nature shots, thx 👌