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The cruise ship MS Godesburg ready to sail
To all who visit and view, and – especially – express support and satisfaction: you are much appreciated!
Die Godesburg ist ein Ausflugsschiff, das im Auftrag der Köln-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG betrieben wird, sie wird vorwiegend im Plandienst auf dem Mittelrhein zwischen Koblenz und Mainz eingesetzt
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Rhine River – Album Description – Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31:
I was super thrilled to get a river view room!
The Rhine glistened New Year’s Eve, day/night, 6 floors below.
I saw two events from my window, a River Plunge & fireworks!
My photo favorites: cruise boats docking/leaving, & solar halo.
The best of 1121 photos on this layover are in an 8-album set:
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – Rhine River
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – River Plunge
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – Old Minster Church
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – Shopping Centers
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – St. Quentin's Church
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – Market
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – City Hall!
• Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31 – New Year's Eve
Enjoy this 8% of the 393 Rhine River photos I took here today!
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New Year's Eve – Album Description – Mainz, Germany – 2017DEC31:
My New Year's Eve layover in Mainz!
We took off early (scheduled 1645/actual 1638) and arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, early (scheduled 0115/actual 0044), for our 2720 layover, 20 minutes longer than our scheduled 27 hours.
At the crew hotel I got a river view room! Unusual! I ran a hot bath and hopped in the tub; suddenly hotel guests opened my door and came into my room! In the unexpected excitement of getting a rare river view, I forgot to lock and latch my door!
After my nap I eagerly headed up the hill past the "Sun" where Joe and I ate Christmas Eve dinner with 7 other crewmembers a week ago to the Old Minster Church for their New Year's Eve 5:00 p.m. service; I learned of it from their pastor, my friend Hendrik Maskus. Heartwarming! Flute teacher Katrin Schild played beautiful duets, accompanied by Makoto Mikawa. She said to bring my flute for us to play duets this coming year!
Meandering back to the crew hotel I paused to admire some lovely Christmas lights and decorations along the way.
My room faced the hotel elevators, just a mere few feet away: after loud fireworks, waves of late-night revelers spilled out of those elevators sharing volumes of celebratory experiences.
Several hours later our full flight took off, and we crossed the southern tip of Greenland, arriving 33 minutes early, at 1352; at home I greeted Joe, whom I saw last year (48 hours prior)!
When Joe got up the next morning at 7 here it was 7⁰F (-14⁰C).
Hope you enjoy this 9.7% of 1121 photos I took here this day!
These docks are where my family and I spent some nice time fishing for Crappie earlier this year. They could definitely use some help, but they sure made for a cool photo.
Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D
My blog about this location: Click here
66106 working the Newport ADJ - Barry Docks 6B39 with empty container bogies enters Barry docks. The impressive building to the right is the Barry Docks Office, now the Vale of Glamorgan Council office, which was built by David Davies in the late 19th century for the substantial coal exporting trade from the docks.
Canning Dock is a dock, on the River Mersey, England and part of the Port of Liverpool. It is situated in the southern dock system, connected to Salthouse Dock to the south and Canning Half Tide Dock to the west. The Canning Graving Docks are accessed from the dock.
The dock was opened in 1737 as a protected tidal basin providing an entrance to Old Dock. Having been subsequently enclosed as a wet dock three years earlier, in 1832 it was officially named after the Liverpool MP, George Canning. To the east is the site of Old Dock, built in 1709, this was the world first enclosed dock. Canning Dock would have initially served ships involved in the trans Atlantic slave trade.
Access to the northern half of the dock system was via Georges Dock, George's Basin and into Princes Dock. In 1899, both Georges Basin and George's Dock were filled in and the site is now the Pier Head.
Along with the Albert Dock and others in the immediate vicinity, Canning Dock was abandoned as a commercial shipping facility in 1972 due to the rising cost of dredging and falling numbers in traffic. It was restored in the 1980s and provides access to the Canning Graving Docks, which are part of the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
By March 2009 work was completed on a £22 million extension of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, providing a further 1.4 miles of navigable waterway.
From Princes Dock, the extension passes the Pier Head and terminates at Canning Dock. The extension includes a small basin at Mann Island, in the vicinity of the Pier Head, and a new lock providing access to Canning Dock.
NOVEMBER 2011
Sunset over Crystal Lake... The long exposure makes the lake smooth so you can see the pebbles near the shore
Floating dock at Silverdale Waterfront Park in Silverdale, WA. Photographed with a Kodak No.2 Brownie Box Camera, model F. This was a 22 second exposure at f/22. The film is Ilford Delta 100 developed in Beerenol (Rainier Beer).
The Recipe:
Beer (cheap Lager, I used Rainier) - 24oz
Sodium Carbonate (Arm & Hammer Washing Soda) - 5.5 Tsp
Ascorbic Acid Powder (Vitamin C) - 2.5 Tsp
Salt (Morton's Iodized Table Salt) - 1/2 Tsp
Developed at 20 degrees C for 20 minutes. Agitate first 30 seconds then 15 seconds every minute. Normal fix.
Warning - Add the Ascorbic Acid after the Sodium Carbonate to avoid a foam explosion.
Taken on my Olympus OM10, 35mm film.
Week 12!
What a busy week it has been for me mixed full of different emotions.
First off my Southampton uni interview went well. got offered a place :) Im so happy with this :D
I also won a total of £116 on scratch cards plus a £9 win at the casino hahaha! Lucky day that was.
What i would like to talk about is:
Me and a friend have signed up to run a 6 mile run for sports relief on the 25th March at 12:00am.
Our Official donation page has been set up by sports relief, and all donations are accepted big or small, its going to a good cause, heres a link to our donation page:
The docks next to Jonas Green Park. I did this shot last as I was walking back from the bridge and ended up liking it the best. I used an ND filter to smooth out the water.
My neighborhood has mostly been my world for the past five years. First Covid, and then Hadley’s cancer has altered our lifestyles completely. Luckily, it is a really pretty place to be. 28/365
... with the Britannia Warehouse in the foreground.
Brief History of the Docks
Main Basin
The Main Basin at Gloucester was constructed as the terminus of the (12 mile) Sharpness Ship Canal with an entrance from the Severn estuary at Sharpness. As the work was nearing completion, there was concern that the basin would not be large enough for the trade expected, and so an additional Barge Arm was constructed to ensure that the Main Basin could be kept free for sea-going ships. In addition, the Canal Company built a warehouse at the north end of the basin. The canal was formally opened on the 26 April 1827, and a huge crowd gathered to watch the first two vessels enter the basin amid the firing of guns and the ringing of church bells.
Early Traffic
Once the canal was fully operational, local merchants were soon taking advantage of the new facilities. Importing through Gloucester cut out the former need for transshipment at Bristol, where there were high port charges. Cargoes could be transferred direct to narrow canal boats which could carry the goods up the river and through the inland canals to supply the growing industrial towns of the Midlands.
The geographical position of Gloucester so far inland was a tremendous advantage, and traffic was soon exceeding all expectations. As well as the trows and barges employed in the existing river and coastal trade, there were increasing numbers of two-masted brigs and schooners and some three-masted barques. Early imports included corn from Ireland and the Continent, timber from the Baltic and North America, and wines and spirits from Portugal and France. The main export was salt which was brought down the river from Worcestershire.
More Facilities
To cope with all this activity, warehouses were built around the Main Basin, an earlier dry dock was enlarged, and an engine house was built to augment the canal's water supply by pumping from the River Severn ...
Petroleum Tankers
During the 1920s, new traffic was generated by the demand for petroleum products for the growing number of road vehicles with internal combustion engines. This became very important in the years following, and a fleet of tanker barges was used to bring the petroleum from Avonmouth. Some of the barges continued up the river to depots at Worcester and Stourport.
Nationalisation
The old Canal Company was nationalised in 1947, and the new management set about encouraging more sea-going ships to come up to Gloucester. The docks also remained busy with barge traffic well into the 1960s. The petroleum traffic then declined rapidly following the construction of underground pipelines and the establishment of a depot at Quedgeley, and the other barge traffic came to an end in the face of competition from road transport. By 1980, virtually the only remaining commercial vessels were the coasters coming to the quays south of Llanthony Bridge.
Renaissance
As the commercial traffic died away, it was partly replaced by an increase in pleasure craft, and the docks became a popular place for moorings. The survival of the old warehouses made the Main Basin an ideal location for filming historical drama, and many scenes for the popular television series The Onedin Line were filmed in front of Biddle Warehouse. In recent years, new uses have been found for the warehouses, and the docks are developing as a popular leisure and residential area.