EPW039382 ENGLAND (1932). The Eastern Breakwater and boats moored alongside the South Jetty, Dover, 1932
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Title | [EPW039382] The Eastern Breakwater and boats moored alongside the South Jetty, Dover, 1932 |
Reference | EPW039382 |
Date | August-1932 |
Link | |
Place name | DOVER |
Parish | DOVER |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 633990, 141691 |
Longitude / Latitude | 1.3444293380759, 51.126098338591 |
National Grid Reference | TR340417 |
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What appears to be a hut blocking the railway lines |
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Monday 1st of April 2013 01:31:48 PM |
Coal truck |
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Monday 1st of April 2013 01:29:35 PM |
Indicated as a travelling crane on the later 1938 OS map. It appears to be part of a bulk delivery system |
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Monday 1st of April 2013 01:28:58 PM |
Aerial cableway - possibly serving a coal bunker towards the end of the breakwater |
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Monday 1st of April 2013 01:27:30 PM |
An aerial ropeway was built in 1930 to link Tilmanstone pit with Dover Harbour. This included tunnelling through the cliff at Dover to deliver the coal to a 5,000 ton bunker at the harbour. It wasn't used much after 1935, and was dismantled in 1954. |
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Friday 12th of April 2013 11:23:16 AM |