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During WW2 the German air force deliberately left the tower standing-so the German bomber crews knew when they passed the tower they were almost safely away from GB and on their way home.
Private docks and pier behind stores, resaurant and vacation residence on rocky neck Gloucester, Massachusetts. The image was captured on analog black and white film.
Falmouth Docks
Viscount Falmouth laying the foundation stone at Falmouth Docks, Cornwall - credit Falmouth Art Gallery
The development of Falmouth Docks began in 1858 and the foundation stone was laid by Viscount Falmouth in 1860 although the location of this stone is not known. The first ship to enter the docks arrived in 1861.
The Docks are currently managed and operated by A&P. At present Falmouth has three graving docks that provide up to 100,000 dwt dry dock capacity. There is a total wharfage with craneage and all other technical services, of 2.5km.
The docks are about to embark on an exciting phase of redevelopment that it is envisaged will include a world class 300 berth marina called Port Falmouth Marina. This will herald a new phase in the history of Falmouth Docks that will see new investment bringing benefits, not just for Falmouth, but the whole of Cornwall.
The regeneration plans include the provision of a new cruise liner terminal capable of accommodating the latest super cruisers. These plans are currently under assessment.
Our Falmouth port boasts one of the world’s largest natural deep-water harbours. Falmouth is the largest ship-repair complex in the UK with 3 large graving docks and extensive alongside deepwater berthing providing capacity for vessels up to 100,000 tonnes.
Offering onsite engineering, electrical, paint and fabrication workshops and links to all other specialist contractors and OEMs, these are integrated to provide a complete range of marine repair services to the customer.
As well as extensive workshop facilities across all disciplines Falmouth offers bunkering facilities, the ability to dock without gas-freeing, in-water surveys and propeller polishing.
Falmouth is a busy working port handling over 100,000T of product annually and with over 30 firms located in the docks providing a full range of services including towage, ship’s agency, area port health, diving services, local surveyors and tank washing.
Falmouth is used by 40,000+ cruise passengers annually who see Falmouth as the gateway to Cornwall. Partnerships Falmouth has many long-term shiprepair partners, including P&O, Grimaldi, Condor, Gardline, Euroships, Stena UK and the Ministry of Defence.
These public conveniences were situated at the junction of Dock Road and Wood Street in Brompton. I'm unsure when the finally closed, but it might have been in the 1970s
Makes me remember of an emoticon, which, according to a good friend of mine, is just like me.
Location: Coquimbo Docks, Chile.
Taken with Perla/YOURLIPS's camera.
PD: Perli, te amo!!!
An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore (typically from railway cars or ore jennies) onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points. Most known ore docks were constructed near iron mines on the upper Great Lakes and served the lower Great Lakes. Ore docks still in existence are typically about 60 feet (18 m) wide, 80 feet (24 m) high, and vary from 900 feet (270 m) to 2,400 feet (730 m) in length. They are commonly constructed from wood, steel, reinforced concrete, or combinations of these materials.[1]
They are commonly used for loading bulk ore carriers with high mass, low-value ore, such as iron ore, in raw or taconite form.
Construction[edit]
Ore docks are typically long, high structures, with a railway track or tracks along the top and a number of "pockets" into which ore is unloaded from railcars, typically by gravity. Each pocket has a chute that can be lowered to discharge the ore into the hold of a ship berthed alongside. The use of pockets and chutes allows the dock itself to be loaded with ore before it is transferred into the freighter.[2]
The docks' storage bins or pockets are typically wider at the top than the bottom, and they lead to movable steel chutes. These chutes project out over the water at a slight angle from the sides of the docks. The hinged chutes, which are lowered to drop ore from the pockets into ships, are located at twelve-foot intervals over the length of the dock.
This spacing is not coincidental, as the docks and the lakers they could load evolved together, and laker hatch spacing is typically 12, or 24-foot (7.3 m) on center.
Many docks have been torn down or abandoned, but a few remain in operation. The Lake Superior & Ishpeming dock, one of the docks at Marquette, Michigan, recently loaded its 400 millionth ton of ore after 90 years of service.[7] The other dock, built later by Merritt-Chapman & Scott for the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (DSS&A) was taken out of service in 1971. The largest dock of the type in the world exist in Superior, Wisconsin as part of BNSF's Allouez Taconite Facility, however, these docks have been abandoned since 1978. Two ore docks, one in Duluth, MN and one in Two Harbors, MN, are still in service and operated by Canadian National Railway. Ore docks are mentioned in popular culture, at least one high school athletic team, the Ashland, Wisconsin Oredockers takes their name from them,[8] and they have been mentioned in song.[9]
This area of the docks has been swept away for the BBC and wacky plastic coloured things, apart from the lone crane.
This crane was commissioned in 1926, and had a load of 175 tons, and one of it's jobs was was to lift locomotives from the Springburn works onto ships for export.
I have several hobbies but building model boats is a main one. This is a 42 inch model of the Edmund Gardner, a retired Liverpool Pilot Cutter.
I have a workshop in the roof which gives me plenty of space.
This vessel is now in the graving dock and forms part of the Liverpool Maritime Museum exhibits.
Of course I have had some help building this, as you may have noticed?
A view of the Gloucester docks taken from the Llanthony Bridge.
Photos taken at the 2013 Gloucester Tall Ships Festival in the historic Gloucester Docks. The Tall Ships Festival is a bi-annual event held in Gloucester docks.
Connected to the Severn Estuary by the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, the Gloucester Docks were, in the 19th century, a key trading centre. The railways, and, perhaps more importantly, the canal system provided trading routes to the growing centers in the midlands.
Stained glass window by Hardman - St Francis - in memory of relatives & friends & Anna Robina Hare 1947 - Church of St Mary the Virgin, Docking Norfolk
Capital Dock is one of the largest mixed-use developments ever built in Ireland and it was completed towards the end of 2018 but I was unable to gain access to the completed project until Easter weekend 2019. The compex spans 4.8 acres, providing more than 690,000sq ft of new mixed-use space, including offices, retail and family units, as well as more than 1.5 acres of public park space.
Global investment bank JP Morgan and jobs site Indeed have committed to occupy all of the available office space, and are preparing their new premises for occupancy in 2019.
Nearly 200 family units will be available to rent this year, with a dedicated on-site concierge, resident lounges, cinema, professional gym, business suites and a chef’s kitchen. There is also be a landscaped park and square open to the public.
The project will welcome new retailers in the coming year, including a restaurant and bar with a terrace, a gourmet grocer, and additional food and beverage offerings.
This was the old gate for Princess Dock and im sure Waterloo dock as well. Im standing in what would have been the waterway but its all silted up, the other side of the gate is the River Mersey so im glad it didn't come open
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The Florida Sea Grant Team in the Gainesville Office took a field trip to the sponge docks at Tarpon Springs. They took out a tour boat along the river to learn about the historical diving practices and toured the Acme Sponge factory, where Jim Cantonis, a member of Florida Sea Grant's advisory board, explained how the sponges are processed before they head to retail outlets.