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Mutton Cove, South Australia
EXCELSIOR - Mutton Cove
The screw steamer Excelsior was built in 1897 by Gourlay Brothers of Dundee, Scotland. The steel hulled vessel measured 131.0 feet (39.9 m) in length, 24.0 feet (7.3 m) breadth, 10.8 feet (3.3 m) depth and was 310 gross tons.
The Excelsior was originally registered in Sydney (1897) and employed on the north coast of New South Wales before its purchase by the Tahiti firm, L Ballands, with its register transferred to Papeete.
In 1904 the vessel was again registered in Sydney, and in 1908 was owned by South Australian flour millers, John Darling and Sons. By 1912 the Excelsior was owned by the South Australian Farmers Union Cooperative (registered in Adelaide) and remained under their ownership until 1933 when it was sold to the South Australian
Harbors Board. The steamer was converted to a coal hulk, lightering coal to the steam powered dredges working in Port Adelaide.
As diesel-powered dredges took over from the coal-fuelled ones, the Excelsior was laid up, eventually being abandoned at Mutton Cove, on the northern end of the Lefevre Peninsula, in 1945. Today the remains lie embedded in mud, east of Outer Harbor. The rusting hull shows little sign of salvage. The bow is intact but sections of the stern have collapsed
On the rear of the Denver-based wreck train at Rocky, Colorado, on March 5, 2000, is a former Rio Grande heavyweight passenger car, and just ahead of it is a former troop sleeper. Both are support cars for the No. 030 50-ton derrick, a rebuilt former Rock Island machine, seen a few more cars forward. As the westbound train climbs into the Front Range of the Rockies, threatening storm clouds move in—most apropos for the occasion.
Old wreck on the river Taw Estuary, Crow Point, North Devon a Unesco Biosphere Reserve.Looking through the sand dunes that have been eroded by the storms towards Appledore,
The tide is in so I have to wait for the water level to drop before carrying on up the coast on the bike. Ravenglass can be seen on the far bank and it is the only coastal village in the English Lake District National Park.
Une touche de couleur vibrante dans la grisaille automnale. Cette vieille coque de pêcheur, immatriculée à Paimpol, termine doucement sa vie dans un recoin de Plougrescant.
The old Wreck near Portsmouth re-worked with the Digital Photo Magazines Instant FX Template, then a simple frame added.
The Riversdale is one of several wrecks that were placed on the breakwater at Royston. This ship was a square-rigged windjammer, built in 1894, and placed on the breakwater in 1961.
This ship operated around the world as a cargo carrier for many years, eventually ending its life as log and hog-fuel barge on the west coast of Canada. I found it interesting that the ship had no propulsion except sail.