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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?
Quand la nature reprend ses droits...
Gros plan sur un accessoire (système d'ouverture des verrières) du premier bâtiments qui joue avec la végétation, sur fond flou où l'on distingue les tags divers et variés...
Stained glass window by Hardman - St Francis - in memory of relatives & friends & Anna Robina Hare 1947 - Church of St Mary the Virgin, Docking Norfolk
Bristol Steam Navigation Company ship - BSNC ran services across the Irish Sea and to Welsh ports and was the first company to work the Bristol to Cork passenger route. The firm underwent various changes of name including, War Office Steam Packet Co. from 1821 to 1827; General Steam Packet Co. from 1827 1834; Bristol Steam Packet Co. from 1834 to 1835; Bristol General Steam Navigation Co. from 1831 to 1871 and Bristol General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd from 1871 from 1877. It was sold to Cork interests in 1877 and dropped 'General' from its title becoming known as the Bristol Steam Navigation Company. The passenger service ended in 1914, because of competition from Fishguard. The company continued to run general cargo services (particularly Guinness shipments) across the Irish Sea until 1980.
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.
Camera Club November Theme 'Recreation', where we return to the scene of an older photograph and incorporate it into a new photo.
Another that didn't make the slideshow. Taken at the same time as another swimming frog and photograper but not nearly as colourful. There was an actual physical object to line up with, so it's included here as evidence that this is the same pond the frogs were originally found in:).
This sculpture "Landed" was erected as a tribute to the history of the communities of the Royal Docks and the men and women who worked there from 1885 - 1983. funded by a charitable appeal supported by the Royal Docks Trust (London) www.royaldockstrust.org.uk
Sculptor = Les Johnson
Bronze Age Foundry
2009
The Royal Victoria Dock is dominated by the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, constructed on the north quayside and opened in November 2000. This is where we were heading for the Women's Team Foil event.
Royal Victoria Dock was opened in 1855 on a previously uninhabited area of Plaistow Marshes. It was the first of the Royal Docks and the first London dock to be designed specifically to accommodate large steam ships.
The dock was an immediate commercial success, as it could easily accommodate all but the very largest steamships. By 1860, it was already taking over 850,000 tons of shipping a year - double that of the London Docks, four times that of St Katharine Docks and 70% more than the West India Dock and East India Docks combined. It was badly damaged by German bombing in World War II but experienced a resurgence in trade following the war. However, from the 1960s onwards, the Royal Victoria experienced a steady decline - as did all of London's other docks - as the shipping industry adopted containerization, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury. It finally closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in 1980.
Former Greenland Dock, Surrey Docks, one of the few remaining sections of the Surrey Docks complex.
Greenland Dock is the oldest of London's wet docks, opened in 1699 as the Howland Great Wet Dock, used mainly for re-fitting ships in the East India trade.
Later used by ships on the Greenland whaling trade, which gave it its later name. In the 1800s, timber became the main import at the Surrey Docks.
Closed in 1970, it is now used for leisure purposes.