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A large crane for lifting heavy concrete bridge sections alongside the new bridge over the St. Johns River at Deland, Florida, in Volusia County.
This view was photographed under the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!
Pylon and beams (concrete) of the new Hwy 44 bridge over the St. Johns River at DeLand, Florida. Shot in digital infrared.
Marine operations off Cromer during construction of Phase 2 of the town’s Coastal Management Scheme in summer 2024.
This photograph shows the specialised vessels being used to transfer thousands of tonnes of granite rock armour to the Cromer foreshore. The granite came from Glensanda Quarry on the west coast of Scotland, more than 600 nautical miles away. A larger carrier brought the stone to a transhipment area about three nautical miles offshore, from where smaller vessels and barges carried loads of roughly 1,000 tonnes at a time towards the beach, generally timed around high water.
Two particularly interesting vessels can be identified in this photograph.
On the left is the tug Willpower, IMO 9220691. She is a Damen StanTug 2207, built in 2000 and measuring about 22.5 metres long and 7.25 metres beam. Powered by two Caterpillar 3508B diesels developing a combined 2,000 hp, she has a bollard pull of approximately 28.4 tonnes and a free-running speed of around 12 knots. Her propulsion consists of twin propellers operating in Kort-type nozzles, giving the manoeuvrability and pulling power required for handling heavily laden barges.
Willpower was originally built as Sidi Moussa for work in Morocco. She was acquired by Williams Shipping in 2014 and renamed Willpower. In late 2023 she was sold through Damen to Foyle Marine Contractors, which was therefore her operator by the time of these Cromer works in 2024. Interestingly, she was photographed at nearby Great Yarmouth on 9 July 2024, arriving from Leith while towing the landing craft Forth Guardsman.
The other powered vessel is Coastbuster II, IMO 8880315, operated by Coastworks Operations Ltd of Fairlie, Ayrshire. She is a multipurpose coastal workboat or multicat, built at Holyhead in Wales in 1994. She measures 21.5 metres long, 7.8 metres wide and draws about 2 metres, with a gross tonnage of 113 tonnes. Twin Cummins K19M engines provide a combined 940 hp, driving two four-bladed propellers in fixed nozzles. She has a bollard pull of about 14 tonnes and a maximum speed of approximately 9 knots.
Coastbuster II began life as Llanddwyn Island, built for Holyhead Towing Co. She was acquired by Coastworks in 2021/22 and renamed. Her design makes her particularly useful for marine civil-engineering work: she has shallow draught, bow pushers, towing equipment, hydraulic winches, a working deck and the ability to handle and position barges and other floating plant in confined coastal waters.
Between and alongside the two powered vessels is the rock-carrying working barge/pontoon, equipped here with a large Hitachi excavator and tall spud legs. The spuds can be lowered to the seabed to hold the barge firmly in position while the rock is handled. This is particularly useful close to a beach where currents, swell and changing tidal depth would make an unanchored floating platform difficult to control.
The system used at Cromer was dictated by geography. There is no convenient harbour or road access capable of bringing enormous quantities of three-to-six-tonne armourstone directly to this section of beach. Instead, the rock travelled from Scotland by sea. Loads were then transferred offshore and brought in on the tide. At the beach the stone was deposited into the water; after the tide fell, excavators and dumpers recovered it from the sand and moved it into its engineered position.
The largest individual armourstones weighed between 3 and 6 tonnes, with smaller grades also used within the structure. The completed Cromer revetment extends for approximately 300 metres west of Cromer Pier. North Norfolk District Council records that about 35,000 tonnes of rock were offloaded at Cromer during the summer and autumn of 2024.
The Cromer and Mundesley projects were undertaken by Balfour Beatty, with Aggregate Industries supplying the Glensanda rock. Together the two schemes received around £25 million from the Environment Agency, North Norfolk District Council, Anglian Water and Mundesley Parish Council and were intended to extend protection to more than 600 homes and properties.
A fascinating example of the considerable marine logistics hidden behind what, once complete, simply looks like a line of rocks along the beach.
The lights sparkle at night at the Saint Lucie Lock and Dam in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
The Roosevelt Bridge glows gold on a foggy night in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Thanks for visiting!
A street portrait of a civil engineering worker with a hammer in hand. He is in his years, he is skilled and experienced. His look is somewhat sly and ironic. A true master never fades away. Black and white photo.
The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
This graffiti was photographed under an old rusty railroad trestle in historic downtown Melbourne, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com.
The new Hwy 44 bridge over the Saint Johns River as seen from below. The two cranes in the background are to lift the concrete beams into place on the pylons. Shot in digital infrared where the bridge crosses the river west of DeLand, Florida.
Another of my over one hundred photos of St Paul's Cathedral and the Millennium Footbridge over the river Thames in London.
The bridge links Bankside to "The City" of London and has a beautiful view of St Paul's Cathedral as you cross northward. This photo was taken with my Canon DSLR Camera at low tide with a small boat about to pass underneath the bridge. If you have seen the Harry Potter Films you would have seen the bridge with wizards flying under and over it. I have included a link below to St Paul's wiki page for those interested in history. I love this area of London especially on a beautiful day,
Upper structure of the 1932 railroad swing bridge over the St. Johns River at Lake Monroe. Shot in digital infrared.
The Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum (Map) is an accredited Canadian Forces Museum located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum, more commonly known as The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) 'Ferret Club', traces its roots in Oshawa to 1980, having grown to become the Historic Vehicle Section of the Ontario Regiment (RCAC) Museum. The museum's maintainers are a uniquely skilled and dedicated group of volunteer civilian military vehicle enthusiasts and include several current and former members of The Ontario Regiment (RCAC), other units of the Canadian Forces, the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshawa_Military_and_Industrial_Museum]
A pylon for the new Hwy 44 bridge over the St. Johns River at DeLand, Florida stands up against a cloud-spangled sky. Shot in digital infrared.
Calm water reflects the bright lights in this night shot at the Saint Lucie Lock and Dam in Stuart, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
The concrete beams holding up the roadbed of the new fixed bridge over the Saint Johns River at highway 44 just west of Deland, Florida. Shot in digital infrared.
The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle-Carlisle Railway across Batty Moss in the valley of the River Ribble at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. The viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, is 28 miles (45 km) north-west of Skipton and 26 miles (42 km) south-east of Kendal. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
A massive lattice boom crane stands beside a green steel lift bridge tower during infrastructure work on the Saint Lawrence Seaway, with the sleek spans of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge visible to the left under a clear blue sky.
The underside of this rusty old railroad trestle was seen in historic downtown Melbourne, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com.
Work/construction site below the roadbed of the new Hwy 44 bridge over the St. Johns River at DeLand. Shot in digital infrared.
This is the east side of the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California -- about a 7-minute walk from our new digs. The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers. There is a link to a Wikipedia article here: www.wikiwand.com/en/Colorado_Street_Bridge_(Pasadena,_California)
This was just at sunset, but true west is to the right as this photo is oriented. This one will get more attention with my Canon and a tripod!
Built in 1961 for Yokohama Port’s centennial, Marine Tower once held the record as the world’s tallest lighthouse. Renovated in 2009, it now features observation decks, light shows, and stunning views of the city and Mt. Fuji.
Flying south along the Suffolk coast, the huge scale of construction at Sizewell C is now clearly visible from the air.
This view looks south towards Sizewell, with the North Sea on the left and the existing Sizewell B nuclear power station easily recognised by its distinctive white reactor dome. Surrounding it, however, the landscape is undergoing an extraordinary transformation as work progresses on Sizewell C.
Sizewell C will comprise two EPR nuclear reactors, with a combined generating capacity of around 3.2 GW. Once operational, the station is expected to generate enough electricity for roughly six million homes and to operate for at least 60 years.
From the air, one of the most striking features is just how far the construction work extends inland. New access roads, enormous areas of earthworks, compounds and construction infrastructure spread across what was previously a predominantly rural landscape of fields, woodland and heath.
Along the shoreline can also be seen some of the marine works associated with the project. Construction of Sizewell C isn't confined to the reactor site itself: substantial infrastructure is required to bring materials onto the site and ultimately to provide the cooling-water systems needed by the power station.
Beyond Sizewell, the Suffolk coast stretches away towards Dunwich, Walberswick and Southwold, while the wetlands and lagoons of this exceptionally sensitive coastal landscape can be seen in the distance. The Sizewell development sits alongside internationally important habitats, including the nearby RSPB Minsmere reserve, making environmental mitigation and monitoring a major part of the project.
Sizewell C is closely related in design to Hinkley Point C in Somerset, using the same French-designed EPR reactor technology. The intention is that experience gained building Hinkley can be carried across to Sizewell, allowing the second British EPR station to be constructed more efficiently.
Whatever one's view of nuclear power, the project represents one of the largest engineering and construction programmes presently under way in Britain – and from several thousand feet above the Suffolk coast, its sheer physical scale is particularly apparent.
Another of my over one hundred photos of St Paul's Cathedral and the Millennium Footbridge over the river Thames in London.
The bridge links Bankside to the area know as The City of London and has a beautiful view of St Paul's Cathedral as you cross northward. This photo was taken with my Samsung Phone Camera. If you have seen the Harry Potter Films you would have seen the bridge with wizards flying under and over it. I have included a link below to St Paul's wiki page for those interested in history.