River Thames: all gone.
Taken on 12 July 2018 and uploaded 13 January 2025.
A view across the River Thames from Gravesend: little of what is seen here is around anymore, aside from the pylons...
On the right is a "drill ship" then know as Sertao, which I believe was from from an expensive mooring at Middlesborough to a cheaper spot, just off Tilbury B power station. The ship was "under arrest" due to unpaid debts but was eventually moved and sold: it's now named Kanuni and is owned by the Turkish state-owned gas company and is now on the Black Sea.
The small vessel on the left was one of the boats used to provide the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry service; it's currently at Queenborough, "out of range" so possibly being serviced...the ferry service no longer operates, however.
The boat moored at the rusty pontoon also used to be the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry; its owner went into administration when the contract to provide the ferry service went to Jacob Marley's owners and the last I heard about Duchess M, it was being offered for sale...
The pontoon was part of a floating pier which was removed not long after this was taken.
Over the river, the slowly reducing Tilbury B power station; it's now gone entirely and in its place a roll on roll off facility, fully operational and possibly expanding. The pylons are still there, as is the water treatment plant on the far left.
The ferry service is a sad loss...!
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River Thames: all gone.
Taken on 12 July 2018 and uploaded 13 January 2025.
A view across the River Thames from Gravesend: little of what is seen here is around anymore, aside from the pylons...
On the right is a "drill ship" then know as Sertao, which I believe was from from an expensive mooring at Middlesborough to a cheaper spot, just off Tilbury B power station. The ship was "under arrest" due to unpaid debts but was eventually moved and sold: it's now named Kanuni and is owned by the Turkish state-owned gas company and is now on the Black Sea.
The small vessel on the left was one of the boats used to provide the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry service; it's currently at Queenborough, "out of range" so possibly being serviced...the ferry service no longer operates, however.
The boat moored at the rusty pontoon also used to be the Gravesend to Tilbury ferry; its owner went into administration when the contract to provide the ferry service went to Jacob Marley's owners and the last I heard about Duchess M, it was being offered for sale...
The pontoon was part of a floating pier which was removed not long after this was taken.
Over the river, the slowly reducing Tilbury B power station; it's now gone entirely and in its place a roll on roll off facility, fully operational and possibly expanding. The pylons are still there, as is the water treatment plant on the far left.
The ferry service is a sad loss...!
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