Cragend Farm
As seen on Matt Bakers Travels with Mum & Dad More 4: Farmhouse Chic Northumberland B&B accommodation "The Armstrong Wing" "The West Room" both ensuite. Eco Holiday Accommodation East Cottage. Children and Dogs welcome. Historic Tours. Rare Breed Farm. Ancient farm transformed by Lord Armstrong of Cragside in 1880's as a Victorian hydraulic agricultural demonstration centre show piece. Follow us and see our journey from 2011 when we started renovating this farm. New book available about the hydraulic machinery on Amazon: Transformation: Lord Armstrongs Cragend Farm. Green Tourism Award. Historic Houses Custodian Prize.
Cragend Farm
This is an imagined scene based on our real water powered Cragend Farm hydraulic Silo building that still sits at the heart of Cragend Farm. Built in 1883-1884 it was Lord Armstrong of Cragside's pride and joy as a demonstration centre for showcasing his hydraulic systems to dignitaries from around the world. In 1884
The Prince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII) came to visit the Cragside estate and newspaper cuttings record them also visiting Cragend Farm. They visited Cragside (a house and estate in Northumberland) because of his engineering skills as it is were Armstrong had all his amazing technology such as light and heat. Despite there being no photographic evidence of them at the farm, AI comes to the rescue to show what might have been. This is our original photo, enhanced with AI-generated characters of Armstrong and the Royal couple. Our intellectual property integrity remains fully protected. Our thanks to BIPC and yulia@service-design-north.co.uk for her help making this happen.
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This is an imagined scene based on our real No 490 water powered turbine that still sits at the heart of Cragend Farm. Built in 1883 it was Lord Armstrong of Cragside's pride and joy as a demonstration centre for showcasing his hydraulic systems to dignitaries from around the world. In 1896 Li Hong Zhang (aka Li Hung Chang) visited Cragside the house in Northumberland were Armstrong had all his amazing technology such as light and heat, and it is arguable that Li Hong Zhang would have also visited Cragend Farm as many did. He was a Chinese statesman of the late Qing dynasty. He held important positions in the Qing government. Despite there being no photographic evidence of him at the farm, AI comes to the rescue to show what might have been. This is our original photo, enhanced with AI-generated characters of Armstrong and Li Hun Zhang. Our intellectual property integrity remains fully protected. Our thanks to BIPC and yulia@service-design-north.co.uk for her help making this happen.
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The view...the tranquility...The Armstrong Wing @cragendfarm4611
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For VE day we remember George Thompson of Cragend Farm a farm labourer latterly an RAF pilot shot down in 1944 aged 21. Our celebrations of tours of the farm focus on the lives at the farm and he was one.
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How many rings are there on that huge ladder?
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PH test on Silo sample shoes signs of acidity. #science #farming
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Share subscribe and comment! Let us know if what we are doing helps you understand about natural resources powering our machinery in the past and future #carbonnettzero #hydropower
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A throwback to when we were starting to explore this amazing building and our son made a Minecraft video of the interior and exterior for us, that was picked up by Historic England as a great way to survey buildings.
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Readers of historical fact and engineering innovation will be wanting a copy of this book: 'Transformation: Lord Armstrong's Cragend Farm' by Lou Renwick about the discovery of an amazing Demonstration Centre for technology designed by the Magician of the North , Victorian Lord Armstrong of Cragside , about Cragside's little neighbour with a big story to tell!
1883 Gilkes Thomson turbine No 490 holds the key to the secrets of the farm!
#books #readers #history #archaeology #engineering #industrialheritage
Credit Steve Brock Photography Highlights PR Lou Renwick Cragend Farm Dave Burton
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Samples of the earth found in the Cragend Farm Hydraulic Silo are being taken to test for any traces of historic evidence. Watch this space for more on that! Coming soon....
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