Thomson Graving Dock, Belfast, February 2025
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 5 April 2025
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Oo, what an interesting shot. The rusty orange and the black intersecting it.
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Oh, this is interesting
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What incredible textures. My featured photo is an unsolved mystery: https://fakeflamenco.com/2025/04/05/playing-what-the-heck-is-that/
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That is oddly intriguing!
Here’s mine: The Daffs They Just Keep Coming | Out of My Write Mind
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The details and accuracy of the work to build the dock (in 1911) was impressive.
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Definitely!
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This is riveting. 🤣🤣🤣. That’s a lot of rust and strangely attractive.
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😂😂😂
The colour and texture was indeed attractive. And sadly probably resembles the current state of the Titanic which was just one of the liners worked on here.
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I’m not really sure what I’m looking at. I did look up a bit info about Thomson Gravy Dock but that didn’t help me much in terms of what this actually is. It is intriguing. So clambering I am: https://picturesimperfectblog.com/2025/04/05/clambering-out-of-the-winter-doldrums/
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This is the gate that would have let water in and out – to bring in the ships and then to create a dry dock in which to work.
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Thank you. Basically – a steep, rusty wall.
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A great summary 😅
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what a climb up…
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A puzzle image… 🙂 Here is my ‘Spring’ link to 6WS this week :- https://davidoakes-images.com/2025/04/05/6ws-6-word-saturday-challenge-42/
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Did your shoes and clothes end up a rusty red?
Is that a ship that never was?
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Fortunately the rust stayed out 😀
These are the gates that would have opened to let the water in so the ships could be floated in and out to be fitted out. We were able to relax down there as they have now built a solid wall between these gates and the water.
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Now that is an amazing experience Debbie. Did they warn people not to wear white 😂
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A great photo – and an intriguing one.
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A fascinating place to visit. The Titanic museum includes access to another of these grave gracing docks and a ship. This one was the largest of the dry docks built here and can be visited separate from the museum.
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Noted. Thanks!
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Strange how beautiful rust can be.
Mine this Saturday: https://mariawijk.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/flowery-display-in-the-spring-sun/
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