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A southbound London Overground class 378 unit comes out of a tunnel into an essentially white scene at Wapping station on the East London Line.
As well as the white wall on the right, there is a fair sprinkling of white grit salt on the narrow platform. This is applied because although the stretch of the line between Surrey Quays and Whitechapel is below ground (and of course the River Thames), a small part of the northen end of the platform is exposed to the weather. This shot was taken on the last day of a week long cold snap across the British Isles.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Wapping 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 north, Queen's Dock to the south. King's Dock was originally located to the west, but has since been filled in.
I think this was Wapping - not sure when - but I assume 3 June 1989 when I took two other pictures of the same bus in the same location
View of Hermitage Community Moorings, a cooperative mooring on the Thames at Wapping, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
looking south from the gardens next to the old west entrance to London docks, now filled in. This was going to be the right hand half of a bigger drawing but it worked better as two drawings
drawings around the river - charcoal on paper
The Thames Tunnel constructed between 1825, and 1843 by the Brunel's. It was the first tunnel built under a major river.
It runs between Rotherhithe, and Wapping, at first used for foot passengers. Now it is part of London Overground, for may years part of the East London line of the Metropolitan line.
RD11668. Wapping Station in East London, opened in 1869 by the East London Railway. It is situated at the north end of the Thames Tunnel which was build by Marc Brunel and his son Isambard during 1825 to 1843 although there was a seven year break in construction while further funds were raised.
Although planned as a road tunnel, there were insufficient funds to build the access ramps so it remained a foot tunnel with access by spiral staircases. The access to Wapping Station is via the north access shaft and although there are still stairs leading down to the platforms, there is also a lift.
It was taken over by the East London Railway in 1865 and opened as a railway tunnel in 1869, thus providing a rail link between north and south London. In 1933 the Thames Tunnel became part of the London Transport underground system although main line freight trains still used it until 1962; it now forms part of the London Overground network and pictures on the walls depict the station and the tunnel in earlier times.
This one shows it in the days when it was part of London Transport's Metropolitan Line with a train of 'F' Stock approaching on the northbound line while a freight train disappears towards the south.
Wednesday, 15th July, 2015. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
You can see a view towards Wapping Wharf, M Shed and some cranes.
Wapping Wharf has a rich history dating back to the 18th century when it became the site of shipyards and a dry dock. When Bristol's merchants developed Queen Square around 1700, its shipyards were displaced to Wapping Wharf, marking the start of the area's long association with ship building.
Since Wapping Wharf opened in 2016, we've been committed to being a space for independent businesses to grow and thrive.
(From wappingwharf.co.uk)
M Shed is a museum in Bristol, England, located on Prince's Wharf beside the Floating Harbour in a dockside transit shed formerly occupied by Bristol Industrial Museum. The museum's name is derived from the way that the port identified each of its sheds. M Shed is home to displays of 3,000 artefacts and stories, showing Bristol's role in the slave trade and items on transport, people, and the arts. Admission is free. The museum opened in June 2011, with exhibits exploring life and work in the city. In its first year, 700,000 people visited the new museum.
Normally moored in front of the museum is a collection of historic vessels, which include a 1934 fireboat (the Fire-float Pyronaut), and two tugboats (Mayflower, the world's oldest surviving steam tug, and John King, a 1935 diesel tug) and the replica caravel The Matthew, the ship that crossed the Atlantic with John Cabot in 1497.
On the quayside outside the museum are four electrically powered cargo cranes built in 1951 by Stothert & Pitt. Three of these cranes are operational and operate some weekends. A short distance to the west on Wapping Wharf is a much older crane, the sole surviving operational example of a Fairbairn steam crane. Built in 1878, also by Stothert & Pitt, it was in regular use until 1973, loading and unloading ships and railway wagons with loads up to 35 tons. It has been restored and is in working order, operating on some bank holidays and during the Bristol Harbour Festival. (From Wikipedia)
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We are going to Gloucester tomorrow to visit my brother and take him out for a late birthday lunch. Back soon
Im Februar 1476 versucht Karl der Kühne das Schloss, welches ein Jahr zuvor in die Hände der Eidgenossen gefallen war, zurück zu erobern. Er belagert das Schloss und als die Besatzung sich am 28. Februar ergibt, lässt er alle 412 Männer erhängen oder ersäufen, mit Ausnahme von Zweien, welche die Strafe zu vollziehen hatten und so, dank ihrer geleisteten Dienste begnadigt wurden. Die Reaktion der Schweizer bleibt nicht aus und am 2. März gehen sie zum Angriff gegen die Burgunder über. Trotz ihrer Überlegenheit entsteht in den Reihen der Artillerie und der Kavallerie der Burgunder eine grosse Desorganisation. Die Truppen Karls des Kühnen werden bei Concise, anlässlich der berühmten Schlacht bei Grandson, geschlagen. Karl der Kühne tritt den Rückzug an und muss den Schweizern eine immense Beute sowie das Schloss selbst überlassen.