Still in Use
On the 13th May 2022 the 'Arco Dijk' (1992, 9,823DWT) is secured alongside the Hanson operated Johnson's Wharf at Greenhithe, Kent with a cargo of sea dredged aggregates for use in concrtete production.
The wharf formerally served Swanscombe Cement works and some railway track can still be seen at the gate. North Kent is a fascinating area but it is hard to imagine now the hub of industry it was 50 years ago, This map show the mass of industrial railways
Greenhithe is somewhere I have driven past dozen of times but had a few minutes to spare so stopped to see what was left of interest in this historic Tameside village that was home to the famous shipping company Everards. Now mainly residential adjacent to the large Blue Water shopping centre (built in the old chalk quarry that supplied the cement works) it was good to see river still has a role to play.
Still in Use
On the 13th May 2022 the 'Arco Dijk' (1992, 9,823DWT) is secured alongside the Hanson operated Johnson's Wharf at Greenhithe, Kent with a cargo of sea dredged aggregates for use in concrtete production.
The wharf formerally served Swanscombe Cement works and some railway track can still be seen at the gate. North Kent is a fascinating area but it is hard to imagine now the hub of industry it was 50 years ago, This map show the mass of industrial railways
Greenhithe is somewhere I have driven past dozen of times but had a few minutes to spare so stopped to see what was left of interest in this historic Tameside village that was home to the famous shipping company Everards. Now mainly residential adjacent to the large Blue Water shopping centre (built in the old chalk quarry that supplied the cement works) it was good to see river still has a role to play.