River Thames: Hanson Thames
I know I've uploaded photos of this ship before but I couldn't resist this...
Hanson Thames is the biggest dredger I've seen; there are a number of dredgers I see regularly on the river which are smaller, but share a particular appearance - they look worn and roughened, probably because of what they do; collect and deliver abrasive aggregates, usually in salty water. Hanson Thames, as time passes, is taking on the same appearance. And, as the various fleets seem to paint the strange and other worldly machinery the ships carry and deploy in the same sympathetic colour, I can't help but romanticize the process of dredgers coming of age; you're not a proper dredger until you look a bit worn and used...a bit rough and rusted, scratched and scraped. Et cetera.
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River Thames: Hanson Thames
I know I've uploaded photos of this ship before but I couldn't resist this...
Hanson Thames is the biggest dredger I've seen; there are a number of dredgers I see regularly on the river which are smaller, but share a particular appearance - they look worn and roughened, probably because of what they do; collect and deliver abrasive aggregates, usually in salty water. Hanson Thames, as time passes, is taking on the same appearance. And, as the various fleets seem to paint the strange and other worldly machinery the ships carry and deploy in the same sympathetic colour, I can't help but romanticize the process of dredgers coming of age; you're not a proper dredger until you look a bit worn and used...a bit rough and rusted, scratched and scraped. Et cetera.
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