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Sunset photo of a dock in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic.
Foto del atardecer en la República Dominicana.
Katharine Docks, situated on the east side of Tower Bridge, is a tranquil oasis that offers a variety of dining and leisure activities. Despite being located close to the Tower of London; this serene location has managed to maintain its peaceful environment. St Katharine Docks has a rich history, dating back to the 12th Century, and continues to serve as a bustling hub for boats, as well as a popular destination for locals and tourists to unwind and have fun.
St Katharine Docks took their name from the former hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, built in the 12th century, which stood on the site. An intensely built-up area, the entire 23-acre (9.5 hectares) Precinct of St Katharine by the Tower and part of East Smithfield, was earmarked for redevelopment by an act of Parliament, the St. Katharine's Dock Act 1825, with construction commencing in May 1827. Some 1,250 houses were demolished, together with the medieval hospital of St. Katharine. Around 11,300 inhabitants, mostly port workers crammed into unsanitary slums, lost their homes; only the property owners received compensation. The scheme was designed by engineer Thomas Telford and was his only major project in London. George Turnbull and James Waylen were working for Telford. To create as much quayside as possible, the docks were designed in the form of two linked basins (East and West), both accessed via an entrance lock from the Thames. Steam engines designed by James Watt and Matthew Boulton kept the water level in the basins about four feet above that of the tidal river. By 1830, the docks had cost over £2 million to build.
Telford aimed to minimise the amount of quayside activity and specified that the docks' warehouses (designed by the architect Philip Hardwick) be built right on the quayside so that goods could be unloaded directly into them.
The docks were officially opened on 25 October 1828. Although well used, they were not a great commercial success and were unable to accommodate large ships. They were amalgamated in 1864 with the neighbouring London Docks. In 1909, the Port of London Authority took over the management of almost all of the Thames docks, including St Katharine Dock. By the 1930s the only regular use was by ships of the General Steam Navigation Company.
St Katharine Docks were badly damaged by German bombing during the Second World War. All the warehouses around the eastern basin were destroyed, and the site they had occupied remained derelict until the 1960s.
The dock entrance lock was rebuilt in 1957 but the docks ceased commercial use in 1968. The remaining wharehouses on the western side were demolished to make way for redevelopment.
The old dry-dock tracks from Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron into Port Philip Bay. Taken just at sunset on Boxing Day.
I couldn't be bothered setting up HD filters, but 6 seconds was enough to give a descent long exposure effect.
I've made a lot of images at or from our neighbour's dock in the last while. With the late fall sun setting off Cape Hurd, it provides a nice vantage point and gives me a foreground element to work with.
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Dock 6 sits quite on the afternoon of June 25th while BNSF's Duluth remote yard job shoves back towards Rices Point with a pair of SW1500s. Late June and early July seems to be the only time this job can always be caught without shadows at this angle, putting it on my to do list regardless of whether a ship is present to provide a "rail and sail" backdrop.
To follow up on yesterdays photos of a matched YN2 pair that you cant do any more... later the same morning we see CSX 4523 and 7575 leading a loaded coal train north for the Toledo Docks rolling through Deshler.
A commercial fishing boat rests on cinder blocks beside the frozen river, awaiting the thaw and a new season of fishing and waves.
It looks like it's been through some long and tough years of service, and yet it will probably serve its owner faithfully for a long time to come.
DMIR 402 takes loads to the dock down Proctor Hill. Seems it's taking longer for the trees near the lake to bud.
Today the Royal Albert Dock is one of Liverpool's most important tourist attractions and a vital component of the city's UNESCO world heritage Maritime Mercantile City. As well as being the number one tourist attraction in Liverpool, the Albert Dock is also the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom outside London, with in excess of four million visitors per year.
Designed by Jesse Hartley, Stanley Dock opened on 4 August 1848. The dock is the only one in Liverpool which was built inland, all the others being built out from the foreshore. The original quay warehouses are of a similar design to those at Albert Dock and are grade II* listed buildings. The warehouses were built to five storeys, covering an area of 12,000 sq yd (10,000 m2). Between 1897-1901, the southern part of the dock was filled in to build the large Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse by Anthony George Lyster. The northern warehouse has since been developed in to a hotel devoted to the White Star Line's RMS Titanic liner, which has strong links to the area's history of docks and shipping.
Southampton docks at night gives off a wonderful reflection across the river.
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In my garden 15th April 2022
I sat in the garden and watched things happen today.
Frog, Squirrel, Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell Green-veined White, Orange Tip male and female, Blackcap, Wren, Blackbird Great Tits, Blue Tits, Wood Pigeon, Crows, Carder Bee, White tail bee, Tree Bee, Unid bee, several hoverflies, several sps wasp, Green Shieldbug, 7 spot ladybird.
Another of our visitors at the cabin. He is looking toward the cabin from under the dock, checking out how much birdseed the birds have spilled out of the feeders. A night-time foray is in the plans! Texture by Mat texturonline.