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Category Archives: ports
The design of the Solway: an aerial perspective, part 2
September 2nd, 0845h: Andrew Lysser, pilot, aerial photographer, instructor, and owner of Cumbria Gyroplanes, and I lifted off from the runway at Carlisle airport in a silver-coloured gyroplane. This time I wasn’t nervous, and there was no wall of rain … Continue reading
Posted in aerial views, Allonby, ports, sand, sea-bed & undersea
Tagged aerial views, gyroplane, megaripples, ripples, River Eden, Romans, Sabellaria, salt-pans, sandbanks, ships, Silloth, Solway
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The design of the Solway: an aerial perspective, part 1
To understand how something works, you need to understand not only its design, but its interconnections and interactions with its surroundings. So it is with the Solway Firth. My ongoing fascination with the Firth’s ‘design’ is why I have recently … Continue reading
Posted in aerial views, coastal heritage, industrial heritage, ports
Tagged Carlisle Airport, Carlisle canal, gyroplane, Port Carlisle, River Eden, saltmarshes, Solway viaduct
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Snippets 2: A chance encounter, as lifeboat ’47-024′ leaves the sea
The man with the camera seemed to know a bit about lifeboats. We were standing on the dock at Whitehaven harbour, watching as a lifeboat was hoisted out of the water. I hadn’t known that was due to happen: I’d … Continue reading
Posted in ports, RNLI, ships, Snippets
Tagged Port of Workington, ports, RNLI, ships, Whitehaven
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‘Trains and boats and … cranes’: the Port of Workington
Once upon a time you could – it was said – walk from one side of the Prince of Wales dock to the other across the decks of ships, and the Port of Workington employed 150 people. Now, there are … Continue reading
Posted in ports, The 'Energy Coast'
Tagged coal, containers, dock, gypsum, Iggesund, ships
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