Gravesend: Marina
Gravesend Marina, at low tide...
The Marina is tidal as it is fed by the River Thames; its entrance/exit is out of view on the left.
Just beyond the boat on the right, a canal used to allow navigation all the way to Strood on the River Medway, through the countryside and a tunnel to the River Medway. The canal opened in 1824 but was never commercially successful and in 1845 it was shared with the then new railway line: the railway took over the tunnel entirely in 1846, meaning the canal only went as far as Higham and closed in 1934. It's largely disused although the railway runs alongside it and you can walk along a maintained path (I did, many times...).
Now, the canal basin is Gravesend Marina and occupied by a good number of houseboats, some of them seen here...
The warehouses in the rear are, as far as I'm aware, are still in use, although not high tech glass and prefabrication...
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Gravesend: Marina
Gravesend Marina, at low tide...
The Marina is tidal as it is fed by the River Thames; its entrance/exit is out of view on the left.
Just beyond the boat on the right, a canal used to allow navigation all the way to Strood on the River Medway, through the countryside and a tunnel to the River Medway. The canal opened in 1824 but was never commercially successful and in 1845 it was shared with the then new railway line: the railway took over the tunnel entirely in 1846, meaning the canal only went as far as Higham and closed in 1934. It's largely disused although the railway runs alongside it and you can walk along a maintained path (I did, many times...).
Now, the canal basin is Gravesend Marina and occupied by a good number of houseboats, some of them seen here...
The warehouses in the rear are, as far as I'm aware, are still in use, although not high tech glass and prefabrication...
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