Boat Gallery

The Floating Harbour, Bristol. 1921 EPW005446

FLOATING HARBOUR, Bristol. Aerial view. Steamer docked in the floating harbour opposite a transit warehouse and railway goods yard, March 1921. Warehouses were built here in the 1920s but these were blown up in 1988 and replaced by the Lloyds Bank building. In the background are St Augustine's Reach and Bristol Cathedral. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Oil Rig on the river Tees JLP01_08_099192

Graythorp, Hartlepool. An aerial view of tug boats towing the oil platform Graythorp I along the Tees Estuary away from Graythorp.
In the early 1970s Laing Pipelines Offshore constructed the Graythorp fabrication yard and dry dock on the site of the old William Gray Shipyard. The company created a dry dock which was used for the construction of fixed platform North Sea drilling rigs for the BP North Sea Oil Project. Graythorp I had its christening ceremony on June 4th and was launched on Saturday 29th June 1974, heading off for the Forties Oil Field 250 miles away

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River Thames 21760_09

RIVER THAMES, London. Aerial view. The River Thames has always been of major importance to the City of London. It provided water (of varying quality), and a means of transportation and communication. The first bridge across the river was built by the Romans shortly after the invasion of AD43. This picture shows a series of bridges between Tower Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. Between London Bridge and Tower Bridge is the cruiser HMS Belfast. In the distance are the towers of Canary Wharf

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