River Thames: Distributor
The tanker, Distributor, approaching a berth adjacent to the Port Of London Authority (I don't know what it is...).
I've photographed this ship before, dating back to 2003, but never from its front end, so here you go...still unable to find any detailed info about it other than it was built in 1997. It seems to have spent most of its 'life' on the Thames, and is often to be seen around Gravesend. As far as I know it carries fuel.
Behind it, across the river, is Tilbury landing stage and behind that building in Tilbury Docks. The building behind Distributor (with the little clock tower) is an empty booking hall, for what was a railway station, long since closed. It's been empty an largely unused as long as I've been here: I saw inside it when passing, once, and it was a pretty large empty space but with what looked like a few props for old time movies (the nearby fort sometimes appears in movies) like a horse wagon (no horse) and signs. I've seen hints wome work will be done to bring it back into use but now that the ferry service between Gravesend and Tilbury is gone, I won't be able to pop over and see it...
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River Thames: Distributor
The tanker, Distributor, approaching a berth adjacent to the Port Of London Authority (I don't know what it is...).
I've photographed this ship before, dating back to 2003, but never from its front end, so here you go...still unable to find any detailed info about it other than it was built in 1997. It seems to have spent most of its 'life' on the Thames, and is often to be seen around Gravesend. As far as I know it carries fuel.
Behind it, across the river, is Tilbury landing stage and behind that building in Tilbury Docks. The building behind Distributor (with the little clock tower) is an empty booking hall, for what was a railway station, long since closed. It's been empty an largely unused as long as I've been here: I saw inside it when passing, once, and it was a pretty large empty space but with what looked like a few props for old time movies (the nearby fort sometimes appears in movies) like a horse wagon (no horse) and signs. I've seen hints wome work will be done to bring it back into use but now that the ferry service between Gravesend and Tilbury is gone, I won't be able to pop over and see it...
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