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The front of the house
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The Power Walk takes
you from Tumbleton Lake to The Power House where hydro-electricity
was generated to power the lights in Cragside. This was before Queen
Victoria has electric lighting in Buckingham Palace. |
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Tumbleton Lake is an artificial lake made by damming Debden
Burn, a stream. |
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So
the lake does nor overflow the dam during prolonged periods of heavy
rain there is an overflow system to regulate the lake's level. |
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The
pump house used hydraulic pressure from Tumbleton Lake to pump fresh
spring water up to Cragside house for domestic use. |
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The iron bridge was
built to enable guests to walk to the formal gardens without having
to go down and then back up the steep valley sides of Debden Burn |
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The
iron bridge is not safe enough for use by members of the public. |
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The hydro-electric
generator is powered by a head of water falling from Nelly's Moss
600 feet above. |
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The generator is put
into action ... |
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.... and produces
enough electricity to power the lights above. |
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Thursday 17th June 2004
A Trip to Cragside
Home of Lord Armstrong
We visited:
The House
The Power Walk
Nelly's Moss and the crags
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LUNCH! |
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Looking down from
where
we had lunch |
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Looking up to the house from
Debden Burn
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A
walk through the crags to Nelly's Moss |
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Setting off from the house |
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The
track through the rhododendron bushes |
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A
view towards Rothbury |
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Arriving near the lake .... |
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...... we found
hundreds of .... |
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..... baby frogs! |
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