Why don't you relax and take a 30 minute cruise along the Montgomery canal in the George Watson Buck.  We have boat trips on the canal throughout the summer, at weekends in the early evenings and school holidays.

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Here you see the unique Hoffmann kiln and chimney.  The kiln took 5 years to restore to the condition you now see it in and it attracts hundreds of visitors each year.  Both the Hoffmann Kiln and the Chimney are Grade II listed Buildings.

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The Welsh brake drum house is at the top of the Welsh incline and has been partially restored to stop the walls from collapsing.

The English Brake Drum House sits at the top of the English incline.  It has been partially restored, including a replica brake drum.  Also, you will see one of the sculptures standing where the brake lever was sited.

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The canal was the super highway of its day and enabled goods to be transported more easily.

Here you will find the old Tally Hut and the embankment where the trams would unload their limestone to be transported.

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The picture above shows the draw kilns before restoration took place

The two draw kilns stand next to the Hoffmann kiln and were built in the 1870's but abandoned by 1900.  They are Grade II listed buildings.

The stables have been renovated and are used as a meeting place and education room.  This facility may be booked through our web site click HERE

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These are a pair of kilns built before the advent of the canal and railway in the 1800's, which have been partially restored and you can view into the kilns from above.  Further to the east there is a bank of three more kilns like these, and then further on another bank of four

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The Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Area is a 'limescape' formed by nature and carved by its people.  What we call the 'Heritage Area' is designated as a Scheduled Monument.

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Here you will find the remains of the plinths that held the machinery, such as stone crushers and air compressors.

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These vertical draw kilns were fed from above with limestone and coal.  A tramway on the embankment carried both to the kilns.

The kilns were emptied at the bottom and when they became too clogged with clinker, the burning was halted and the kiln cleaned out.  Meanwhile the other kiln would be brought into use.

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Here you can see the footings of what was thought to be the site office.  The building is long gone, but from what remains we can make a good guess as to what it looked like.

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At this busy junction area, there was constant movement of trucks and engines to unload coal and load limestone.

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The Tally Man weighed and recorded how much rock each team had quarried.  The men were paid according to the weight of stone they produced.  The Tally Man then sent the trucks in different directions, to the kilns, the canal or the railway.

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There are two tunnels, as viewed here from the North side, left side is the Welsh tunnel, right side is the English tunnel, both running under the A483.  Today the LH side is used for pedestrian access, while the RH side has a small stream running through it.

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Metal Sculpture showing men at work in the quarry

This panel shows how the quarry was mined and then the larger rocks broken up for transport down to the 'Tally Man'

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Sit and enjoy a magnificent view of the valley.  More photographs of the view point can be found in the Gallery.

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The 'Tally Man' weighed and logged the limestone sent down from the quarries, before sending it to the kilns, railway or canal.

Standing at the top of the incline, the Brakeman, normally a boy, would control the descent of the loaded trucks.

Where the donkeys were not available, manual labour was used to push the limestone laden trucks along the tramways.  Back breaking work if you had to do it all day long, day in day out.

This is the Welsh 'Gravity Balanced' incline plane, which went out of service in the 1880's when the tunnel was built in the quarry connecting the Welsh and English quarries to a shorter incline.

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Working in the kiln was not a pleasant job, so break time would be something to cherish.

Coal is sent down the holes into the preheated chambers to keep the temperature above 900 degrees C to vent the carbon dioxide from the limestone leaving the quicklime.

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Here the 'Brakeman', often a boy, would control the descent of the fully loaded trucks.

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One Enormous Blast, using four times the usual quantity of explosive to extract one month's worth of stone in a day.  But was it worth it?

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The Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Area is a 'limescape' formed by nature and carved by its people.  What we call the 'Heritage Area' is designated as a Scheduled Monument.

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In the meadow near the Montgomery canal is a small dipping pond.  The pond is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Gillian Poole, who was involved in the initial idea for the project, but sadly passed away before the pond was brought into being.

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