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Alan Newman

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Retired university professor.

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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  • History & Conflict
  • Infrastructure & Industry
  • Nature & Outdoors
  • Science & Technology

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  • London
  • Minneapolis
  • San Francisco

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Newcastle upon Tyne Central railway station

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Newcastle upon Tyne Central railway station

Secluded pond within the wood

England

Whitwell Wood

The SS Great Eastern Launch Site

London, England

The SS Great Eastern Launch Site

Main chamber illuminated for winch meet

Lancaster, England

Gaping Gill

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

The restored Cundy House to the north of the castle

Bolsover, England

Cundy House

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

The Coventry Elephant

Coventry, England

The Coventry Elephant

Garlands Pot, caver ascending using modern single rope technique.

England

Giants Hole

Marble Arch Caves

Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Marble Arch Caves

The crushing stone

Hope Valley, England

Horse-Powered Ore Crusher

These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

 National Fork Truck Heritage Centre

Ripley, England

National Fork Truck Heritage Centre

This small museum claims to be the only one in the world dedicated to the history of forklift trucks

Locals in Colombo can catch fish in the marsh.

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka

Rajagiriya Marsh

This Colombo wetland is an unlikely wildlife haven just outside the capital city.

Glasgow tram and police box August 2020

Town End, England

Crich Tramway Village

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

View from the platform
Permanently Closed

Swaffham, England

Green Britain Centre Wind Turbine

Climb to the top of this windmill for a scenic panorama and up-close look at wind energy production.

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

Epworth, England

Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

Bessemer Converter at Kelham Island Industrial Museum

Sheffield, England

Bessemer Converter at Kelham Island Industrial Museum

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

Renishaw Hall

Sheffield, England

Renishaw Hall

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

Image shows spillway which is a later addition to the dam

Tibi, Spain

Tibi Dam (Pantano de Tibi)

Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.

The visitor centre where trips start

Chesterfield, England

The Madeline narrow boat

This boat was built by school students as an after school project and now acts as a floating classroom and tourist boat on the Chesterfield Canal.

This part of the loop shows clearly the original line with an earth embankment on the down-slope side

Renishaw, England

Brindley Loop, Chesterfield Canal

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