Whitby Gas Works
UK energy surveys undertaken during the 1950s identified 3 gas fields as being worthy of further investigation. These were at Heathfield (Sussex), Whitby (North Yorkshire) and Cousland (Midlothian). None turned out to be of national significance, although the Whitby field was adapted to supply the town itself in 1960. Gas was piped from the well head to a plant west of the town alongside the Esk. The abandoned facility is seen here in 2010 looking east from Larpool Viaduct, with the Esk Valley line passing below. A branch left the main line here to serve sidings within the plant running parallel with the retaining wall. Hidden amongst the undergrowth midway up the hill on the left is the trackbed of the line that once climbed to join the Middlesbrough - Scarborough route at Prospect Hill Junction. For a view west from Larpool Viaduct on the same day see image 28894.
Location: Whitby Gas Works (former)
Original line: Whitby and Pickering Railway
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 23/03/2010
Image number: 79709
