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The BBC has reported that a building on the Herdman's Mill site in Sion Mills went on fire earlier today. Roisin Connolly of the Sion Mills Buildings Preservation Trust is quoted:

"The fire is focused on the front offices of the Mourne mill - the large industrial factories that were occupied between 1989 and 2004 when the last mill workers were paid off.

"It does not affect the old part of the mill which is B plus listed and is at the other end of the site.

"The building on fire is deserted at present, it is derelict."

If anyone has any photographs of the aftermath, I would be happy to add them to this site. Contact details here.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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Fate saw me have a meeting with a lady called Rowena Neville of Business to Arts last week and we ended up having a conversation about industrial heritage. Out of this, Rowena brought the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher to my attention. From Wikipedia:

The Bechers first collaborated on photographing and documenting the disappearing German industrial architecture in 1959, and had their first Gallery exhibition in 1963 at the Galerie Ruth Nohl in Siegen. They were fascinated by the similar shapes in which certain buildings were designed. In addition, they were intrigued by the fact that so many of these industrial buildings seemed to have been built with a great deal of attention toward design. Together, the Bechers went out with a large format camera and photographed these buildings from a number of different angles, but always with a straightforward "objective" point of view. The images of structures with similar functions were then displayed side by side to invite viewers to compare their forms and designs. These structures included barns, water towers, storage silos, and warehouses.

Whilst obviously of a German nature, the photographs taken by the Bechers would be of interest to anyone with an interest in industrial heritage.

Link to Becher photography

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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I have been reliably informed that Nationwide, the RTE rural social affairs programme, will feature the reopening of the Royal Canal in their forthcoming edition to be aired at 1830 on Monday 25th October 2010.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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The BBC website has a small selection of photographs of this new footbridge in Derry City, currently under construction.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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The Heritage Lottery Fund in the UK has awarded a grant of Stg£50,000 to record and preserve the histories of local families and their maritime connections.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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Apologies to anyone attempting to access the railway Coppermine Gallery today. Due to damage to the database, this was offline. Access has now been restored.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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The Cut in Banbridge is probably the best known example on the island of Ireland of an early grade separation of roads. The lesser known example in Northern Ireland is The Dry Arch in Co. Antrim.

I have added Google Street View for The Cut, Banbridge to the relevant page in the IH Wiki.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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I have transferred the photos of this line taken in 2001 to the Coppermine gallery. The old html page with the map of the line remains for the moment, however, all links off this now open up the relevant gallery in Coppermine.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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The annual canal walk alongside the dry Kilbeggan branch of the Grand Canal takes place on Sunday 17th OCtober 2010. A shuttle bus will be provided from Kilbeggan harbour to the start of the branch at Ballycommon at 1:30 p.m. - the walk starts at Ballycommon at 2:00 p.m.

Enquires to: Mary Fox 057-933213

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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With the launch of Google Street View in Ireland, I will, when I add each location to the IH Wiki, be adding a link under "Photographs" to the Street View record for that location, if appropriate. The first location that I have added this link to is Hazelhatch and Celbridge station in Dublin.

Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.

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